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The NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. II.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. CLXIV.
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ONE year has elapsed since the first appearance of the NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER. During this period domestic events of the first importance have occurred. The political scene, so far as it relates to persons, has been completely changed, and so far as it relates to principles and measures materially altered. Public opinion, decisively expressed, has called for a reform, and a reform has been made.
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No. XI.
The third power, whose constitutional exercise has been controverted, relates to the mode, in which, in case of a disputed election of President or Vice President, the two houses shall decide.
This question was warmly discussed in Congress in the year 1800. A Bill originated in the Senate which proposed the formation of a grand committee consisting of 13 members; 6 of whom were to be chosen by each house; and the 13th number, who was to be chairman, was to be chosen by the House of Representatives from 3 persons previously nominated by the Senate.
The 7th Section of the bill declared—
"Sec. 7. That the grand committee shall have power to enquire, examine, decide, and report, upon the constitutional qualifications of the persons voted for as President and Vice-President of the United States; upon the constitutional qualification of the Electors appointed by the different states, and whether their appointment was authorised by the state legislature; upon all petitions and exceptions against corrupt, illegal conduct of the Electors, or force, menaces, or improper means used to influence their votes; or against the truth of their returns, or the time, place or manner of giving their votes: provided always, that no petition, or exception shall be granted or allowed by the grand committee, which shall have for its object, to draw into question the number of votes, on which any Elector in any of the states shall have been declared appointed."
A subsequent section declared the decision of a grand committee as to persons elected President and Vice President, to be conclusive.
The substance of this bill, under various shapes, was strenuously urged by the Senate, but successfully opposed by the House of Representatives; by whom it was declared to be unconstitutional and unjust. The leading ideas of those who opposed the bill may be found in a speech of Mr. W. C. Nicholas of the Senate, who said: "The constitution directs that the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted, the person having the greatest number of votes shall be President if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed: and if there be more than one who have such a majority, and have an equal number of votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately choose by ballot, one of them for President, and if no person have a majority, then from the five highest on the list, the said house shall in like manner choose the President. The only rational construction of these words is, that the whole business of counting, which includes the power of judging of the constitutionality of votes (for if the votes or any of them are unconstitutional, they ought not to be counted) belongs to the two houses at their joint meeting, the constitution declaring the votes should then be counted, and in the event of no person being elected, the House of Representatives shall immediately choose, &c. The intention of the framers of the constitution is, in my mind, plain and palpable; that after the certificates are opened, the two houses are not to part with the subject, until the votes are counted, and that they are exclusively the constitutional agents for that business. In opposition to what I consider a positive direction of the constitution, the bill says that they shall not be then and there counted, but that it shall be done by the grand committee, who are to sit in conclave with shut doors, and to have an absolute and uncontrollable power over all the votes given by the Electors."
"If I believed that we had power by law to erect a tribunal for this purpose, I should vote against the bill upon your table, to which I consider there are insuperable objections, and I have no hesitation in saying, that for myself, for those whose interest is confided to my care, and for my posterity, who will be interested after I shall cease to exist, I had much rather confide in Electors chosen by the people, to exercise this particular office, who are to act in sixteen different places, almost at the same instant, and composed of men who are not concerned in administering the government, and who cannot be presumed to have an improper bias in favor of any particular department of the government, but who we ought to expect, will execute the wishes of the people by whom they were elected. I say, sir, I had rather confide in the electors exclusively this important trust, than vest the powers given by that bill in seven Senators. The Senators are not in any manner responsible to the people. They are too independent of the state legislatures by whom they are elected, from
the length of time for which they serve, or if a party does or should exist in our country, I believe the members of the Senate will be found to be best trained and disciplined to all its views and purposes."
Although there are to be six representatives associated with the seven senators in the grand committee, I consider the powers as given by the bill to the members of the Senate, as they have the majority. I have always considered the Senate of the United States as the worst and most exceptionable constituted part of our government; from their duration in office, from the inequality in the representation, and from their participation in the executive power. This measure is calculated to increase the power of the Senate, and I think it is not an unreasonable jealousy to apprehend that they will concentrate in their own hands all the powers of the government, if by their power over the votes of the electors, they make the President their creature. I am convinced, that whatever may be intended, this bill will have the effect of changing the mode of election, and that this grand committee will make whom they please President of the United States, which will not only destroy the influence of the people in the choice of that high and important officer, but will completely destroy the weight of the states, as the seven senators may be taken from states that have but fourteen votes, only one tenth of the whole number of electors of President and Vice-President, and may be elected by the votes of nine states (even if every state is fully represented) that have but 48 electors, little more than a third of the whole number."
After the principles of this bill were lost, the Senate proposed a succession of modifications of it, the object of all of which was to insure to that body, either an equal or superior power to the House of Representatives in deciding either ultimately who was President, or in determining the controverted points whereon the decision hung.
The Senate perseveringly contended for an equal and concurrent power; while the House of Representatives demanded a joint vote, in which their numbers would have preponderated.
The object of these remarks does not require the writer to analyse the merits of the several schemes that were offered. If it did, it would be no difficult task to shew that the plan, perseveringly contended for in the Senate, might have wrested entirely from the people the power of designating their President; as nothing would have been easier than to have disputed the validity of a requisite number of electoral votes, and to have left the decision to the grand committee, a majority of whom were chosen by the Senate.
Be the merits of the several plans, however, what they may, one thing is certain: The two houses could not concur in any mode of deciding contested elections. The effect of this non-concurrence was the leaving the point altogether unsettled, and the subjecting each case which shall hereafter be contested, to the decision and impressions of the moment, instead of establishing a rule uniform and certain in its application, which ought to be superior to the influence of party motives or a temporising policy.
When we consider the great powers vested in the President, and the deep interest felt by the people in his election, we shall find reasons strong and conclusive for placing every circumstance connected with a fair, independent and unbiased election by the people, above the reach either of accident or passion. It is not incorrect to say, that if the peace of society and the duration of the government be regarded, whatever respects the election of the chief magistrate should rest on a constitutional foundation, and should not vary with the caprices or sinister views of mistaken or designing men.
SOLON.
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
To Mr. DWIGHT, AUTHOR OF AN ORATION, &c.
SIR, THE note annexed to your oration, which has been, in part, published in the National Intelligencer, has been fully answered, so far as it attributed to Mr. Pichon, the attempt to republish Godwin's Political Justice, in America. The latter part of the note, which I have seen only in consequence of the letter of Mr. Pichon to the Secretary of state, still remains to be answered. Your candor, which must have been highly gratified by the letter of that gentleman, will, no doubt, be equally pleased by a full exposition of the truth with respect to the Virginia college. As I have not seen your oration, I can only refer to the note, published in the National Intelligencer. You there observe, and certainly with very great shrewdness—"But if it be true, as has been publicly
said, that his work [Godwin's] is used in the Virginia college, for the instruction of youth, we can at least conjecture who is at the bottom of the plan for republishing it under the wing of Citizen Pichon."
Now, Sir, as I have the happiness to be educated in the Virginia college, or, as we term it, college of William and Mary, and have finished my studies there very lately, it is in my power to give you the most satisfactory information with respect to the books which are used in the moral and political schools. So far from the introduction of Godwin's works, as text books, or as a medium of instruction, I can assure you that I never heard that author mentioned at a lecture; except for the purpose of animadverting upon some of his doctrines, which were held to be both erroneous and dangerous. But neither the works of Godwin, nor of any other philosophical writer, are there prohibited. The principle which governs the philosophical school is, that truth fears no discussion; on the contrary, that she invites it, and proposes, upon every subject, which will not admit of strict demonstration, that free and candid investigation, which must always serve to extend her empire. No tenets of any kind are to be necessarily adopted, merely because they are sanctioned by the approbation of a professor or president. On the contrary, the student is urged to diligent and honest enquiry, and to decide for himself from the best evidence which he can collect. In morals, we begin with Paley, whose works are held in high estimation; and are referred to Harris, Hutchinson, Bruce, Ferguson, Beattie, Stewart, and some other writers. After Paley, Rutherford's Natural Law, with Burlemaqui, is studied. The student then enters upon Vattel, and is referred to Heineccius, Martin, &c. In the political course, Paley, Locke on Government, Roussau's Social Compact, and Smith on the Wealth of Nations, are carefully studied. Some books in Montesquieu, and of late, Gallatin on Finance, are also read. Such is the outline of the course which is pursued at this time, and which has been for the most part, pursued ever since the American revolution. It has always appeared to me to be a system of rational education, calculated to disseminate truth in morals and in politics, and to form wise and virtuous citizens. Republican principles are there fostered and inculcated, not because they suit a particular administration; but because they are founded in the nature of man. Their own excellency, not a servile assent on to the opinions of others, has given to them, in our estimation, a just value. We cling to them with ardor. They are the touchstone by which we try the verity of every political hypothesis, and the purity of all political conduct. In such principles I glory to have been educated; I pray for their universal diffusion; and I trust, William and Mary will never lose her present illustration, by a dereliction of them, as ignominious to the American character, as injurious to truth and the sublime philosophy.
The person alluded to in the sentence taken from your note, stands upon ground too high to require that any dark insinuation respecting him should be replied. His acts are within the eye of all America, and are the only answers which ought to be given.
In writing this letter to you, Sir, you will readily perceive that my object has been, not merely to satisfy your mind by a just exposition of facts, but to remove any impression which the art of spreading those ambiguous voices may possibly have produced on the mind of the public.
I am, Sir, with all due respect, J. C. Late a Student of William & Mary College, Virginia.
October 12, 1801.
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Latest Foreign Intelligence.
NEW YORK, Nov. 14.
The letters and papers by the ship Arethusa, capt. Bunker, from Bristol, were brought up last evening in a pilot boat, the ship being detained by a head wind. The London papers by the Arethusa are down to the 24th. of Sept. inclusive. We have only time to give the leading articles, which, indeed, are of no great moment.
Princoz's price current, London, September 25. Three per cent.—Consols 59 1/2—Bank stock shut—New dollars 5s. 10d. American tar and turpentine, 14. 15.—Maryland tobacco, from 7 to 9d.—American superfine flour from 50 to 55s.
LYONS, Sept. 9.—Gen. Pison, the commander of the 19th Military division, set out with 30 troopers to meet the 1st regiment of artillery on its march from Pont-Beau Voisin. He read to the regiment the Proclamation of the First Consul, and the several decrees of government; after which each company marched for its respective destination. He selected 25 of the luteals, and sent them with the colours of the regiment to Paris. The officers who were accused of being the ringleaders in the mutiny at Turin, were put under arrest.
The soldiers seemed extremely affected by the proclamation which was read to them, and displayed a sensibility worthy of French soldiers, whom disaffection may for a moment mislead, but who are alive to the sentiments of honor, and the voice of their country.
PROCLAMATION.
Bonaparte, First Consul, to the Soldiers of the first regiment of Artillery.
PARIS, August 25.
Soldiers—Your conduct in the citadel of Turin has been heard of in every part of Europe. Our enemies rejoiced at seeing you disobedient to orders and guilty of crimes. A feeling of profound sorrow in the hearts of your fellow-citizens preceded the cry of vengeance. You have performed great services—you are covered with honorable wounds: you have received them in advancing the glory of the Republic—she has triumphed over her enemies, holds the first rank among nations. But what avails such greatness, if her undisciplined children allow themselves to be guided by unbridled passions of a few wretches! You entered a fortress in a disorderly and tumultuous manner; violating every regulation, and without paying any respect to the flag of the French people, which was flying there. You killed the brave officer charged with its defence—you marched over his dead body—you are all guilty. The officers who could not preserve you from such misconduct, are unworthy of commanding you. The colours which you deserted, and which were unable to rally you, shall be suspended in the Temple of Mars, and covered with funeral crapes—Your corps is dissolved. Soldiers!—You are to enter into new corps; in them give proofs of a strict discipline. Endeavour that it may be said of you, "it was necessary to make an example of them, but they still are what they have been, the brave and good children of their country."
(Signed) BONAPARTE, First Consul.
This proclamation was accompanied by four decrees, two of which relate to the disbanding and re-composition of the 1st regiment of artillery, and the other two to the arrest of the mutineers, and the erection of a Statue to the memory of citizen Jaquemain, chief of battalion, who was killed by them on the draw-bridge of the citadel of Turin.
HANOVER, Sept. 15.
Count Munster, and Mr. Paller, secretary of legation, left this place yesterday for London, and it is universally thought that their mission relates to our present political situation.
The following is the proclamation lately issued by our government:
HANOVER, Sept. 2, 1801.
The troops of his Prussian Majesty being authorized to occupy a part of the German dominions of his Britannic Majesty, it follows that according to established rules and privileges, these troops must have safe conduct as long as they are allowed to continue in their quarters here. In pursuance of this, it is ordered and commanded to all subjects of his Britannic Majesty in his German dominions, under penalty of imprisonment not to give occasion, in any manner whatever to desertion among the Prussian troops, during their occupation of the said German dominions, and particularly on their intended evacuation; but to give notice where such deserters are to be found; if possible to take them up, and to deliver them to their nearest commanding officer, or to our nearest magistrate.
This is to be noticed and strictly observed by all servants of the government, to be printed and affixed in all places of public resort.
(Signed) KLEITMANSEGG.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 10.
Since the fulfilment of the convention of Cairo, on the 10th of July, no new advices of importance have been received from Egypt. According to private letters, the
garrison of Alexandria had made a fruitless rally, in which they had lost a great number of men. The official accounts only mention, that the troops of the Grand Vizier and capt. Pacha, immediately after the taking of Cairo, had advanced against Alexandria, in the vicinity of which their leaders likewise were expected on the first of this month. General Menou has refused to accede to the convention of Cairo.
The report that the Russian ambassador gen. Tamara, has been recalled, is not confirmed.
The Spanish envoy, the chevalier de Corral, has not yet had his audience of the grand seignior.
August 15.
On the 5th inst. a Tartar came to the hotel of Lord Elgin, who said he had arrived from the coast of Syria with advice of the taking of Alexandria; but this account was so confused that it was soon evident it had no foundation but a report he had heard in Syria. No English official accounts have been received on the subject. The principal object of the Tartar appears to have been to obtain money of lord Elgin for his good news.
We are assured that a great change may soon be expected in our ministry. Successors are talked of for the Caimacan, the Reis Effendi, and even the Grand Vizier. The different parties are very active, and those persons who have been very quiet since the late misfortunes of the French in Italy, are now coming again on the stage. They are called the Jacobin Mussulmen.
The Porte is now employed in taking measures for the future administration of Cairo and the Egyptian provinces. Presents have been sent to the officers of the Turkish and English armies, among which, besides many diamonds, watches, swords, &c. are 170 marten skins, worth from 2 to 5000 piasters each.
On the 2d, the new Hospodar of Moldavia set out from hence for Jassy, with his whole family, a numerous retinue, and an escort of Janissaries. By the way he was attacked by a great body of armed banditti, who took from him all his effects, to the value of 100,000 piasters, and detained him and his family till they shall be ransomed with a still greater sum. The Porte has sent a considerable detachment of troops against these robbers.
GENOA, August 20.
The squadron of Admiral Warren, which failed in the end of July sail from Leghorn, is now cruising off Toulon, and does much damage to the French and to our navigation. Two of our vessels have been taken near Sardinia.
The king of Etruria has begun his government by borrowing 100,000 scudi. Fine prospects for that country.
VIENNA, Sept. 2.
The Austrian ship which was detained at Widdem, by Pashwan Oglou, has been set at liberty, and received very liberal payment for the coffee.
VIENNA, Sept. 3.
A very important change has just taken place in the Austrian ministry. The count de Colloredo, who during count Cobentzel's stay in France, had filled the office of Prime Minister, has just retired. It is said that his retreat is a complete disgrace. The countess, his wife who occupied the first office about the empress, has also been dismissed. The dismissal of these two personages is the subject of much discussion, it is generally attributed to a court intrigue. The affairs of state will in future be divided between count de Cobentzel and count Trautmansdorff.
BERLIN, Sept. 8.
Col. Lecocq is returned from Peterburgh, and has brought with him a letter under the hand of the emperor himself to our king; which contains the greatest assurance of a lasting friendship between those two courts.
PETERSBURGH, August 31.
We expect here great changes in our ministry, in which case Mr. Marrow will not go to Paris.
MENTZ, Sept. 8.
The exportation of corn upon the Rhine is forbidden, even to Prussian subjects, on which account the government in Westphalia entered a protestation. The resident of his Prussian majesty came hither from Frankfort to make representations on the subject in the written remonstrance of another German court. Among other things it is said that the French legation at Rastadt, on the 4th of May, of the year 6, had formerly admitted the right of the German nation to a free navigation on the Rhine, which right was accepted by the deputation of the Empire on the 14th of May, 1793; that the peace of Luneville had not abolished this right, but rather re-established all the political relations then adjusted, and that France surely could not mean to conclude a peace and violate it at the same time.
HAGUE, Sept. 12.
The following is an extract of a letter from Paris: "Though the reports relative to the negotiations for peace between England and our republic are extremely various, it seems probable that these negotiations have now taken a more favorable turn. The account in the Moniteur of the
holding an extraordinary council of State, at which the First Consul presided, the conferences between the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Envoys from Vienna and Peterburgh, and the frequent arrival and departure of dispatches from and to London, give reason to believe that the negotiation is now conducted with more seriousness. All these circumstances have had an influence on the funds, which have risen to 48."
It appears to be agreed that the Prince of Orange shall receive the Bishopricks of Wurtemberg and Bamberg, for an indemnification.
LONDON, Sept. 18.
In the sitting of the college of the empire, on the 28th ult. sentence of death was formally pronounced on the four ancient cities, famous in history, Aix la Chapelle, Worms, Spires, and Cologne; for, on collecting the votes, instead of the word vacat, formerly used, the mournful cessat was pronounced.
LONDON, Sept. 23.
EGYPT.
Private letters from Constantinople of the 10th August, state that according to the last accounts which had reached that place, nothing of the least importance had been done towards the reduction of Alexandria. Menou had been a second time summoned to surrender; but he wholly disregarded the notification, except by returning a positive refusal to accede to the proposed terms of capitulation, and by repeating his unalterable resolution to defend the place to the last extremity. The hopes of the final triumph of the allied armies in this contest are strongly expressed in these letters, and the arrival of a few thousand men to reinforce Menou's scanty number of troops, instead of being a means of protracting the campaign, is viewed as the very circumstance which would compel the French commander to agree to an immediate surrender. The army of the late Mourad Bey, now under the command of Osman Bey, has, it appears, made a general submission, and is now wholly united to the allied forces. The French prisoners who have been for a considerable time confined in different castles of the Black Sea, have been lately recalled by a ferman, for the purpose of being exchanged, and they arrived about the beginning of August in Constantinople. It is supposed that these prisoners will immediately be sent to Toulon, and that an equal number of Turks will be returned, who may have been taken prisoners by the French in Egypt. The noted Jean Bon St. Andre is among the number of the prisoners, and it is said that neither his health nor spirits have been at all impaired by his long imprisonment.
SEPTEMBER 24.
By recent accounts from Italy, it appears that the French have not given up the belief of the possibility of relieving Menou's army. It is reported, however, that instead of reinforcing him by troops sent directly from Egypt, which they have to re-peatedly found impracticable, they mean to relieve him by forcing the Porte to withdraw the Turkish forces from Egypt, in which case they would only have the English to contend with in that quarter. The means intended for the accomplishment of this object is an attack upon the Imperial Ottoman dominions in Europe, for which 40,000 French troops are assembled in different Italian ports, under the command of Gen. Murat, brother-in-law of the First Consul, from whence they expect to be able to effect a passage (probably by the Adriatic) in spite of all our watching and naval superiority.
A private letter from Peterburgh of the 20th of August, states, that the Emperor Alexander is extremely beloved by all ranks of his subjects, and that his manners are of the most easy and conciliating nature. He is in the habit of riding round the city in a common carriage, and so little does he affect parade, that he is generally attended only by a single servant. Those who recognise his person, are accustomed merely to bow as he passes them, but without paying him that marked attention which can attract the notice of the multitude. The people seem to be quite as much at their ease as during the reign of Catherine; and all the absurd restraints on the habits of private life, instituted by the late Emperor, are wholly removed. The preparations for the coronation were of the most magnificent kind. So high were expectations formed of the approaching solemnity, that every vacant house in Moscow was very long since hired by some illustrious foreigner, and at the time when the letter is dated, scarce a single lodging could be obtained on any terms. It was generally supposed that the grandeur of the spectacle would exceed even the magnificence which distinguished the coronation of the celebrated Catherine. The number of foreigners who have lately arrived at Peterburgh, many of whom are, no doubt, attracted by the prospect of so grand a spectacle, is so great as almost to exceed belief. During the continuance of the dispute with the Russian court, the English officers in the Russian service were sent to Moscow, where, by the particular command of the late Emperor, they were treated in the kindest manner.
MUNICH, Sept. 11.
It is confirmed, that the Cabinets of Berlin, and Paris, are agreed on the sub-
ject of the secularizations, and that the Envoys of these powers at Ratisbon, will proceed in the protocol conference, to take further measures for the complete adjustment of this affair. The Diet, it is believed, will concur by a deputation, consisting of, at most, four members.
VIENNA, September 19.
An approaching change in the Ministry was talked of several days since. This has now taken place, but it proves to be of a different kind from what was expected, as it only relates to the Privy Council, which hitherto consisted of six ministers of state and four Counsellors, whose employments were separate, and who never conferred together on public affairs. This Council has been abolished, or rather it has received another form, and will now discuss all affairs in the presence of his Imperial Majesty. The number of Members is limited to four, at the head of whom is the Archduke Charles, as President of the Aulic Council of war, next to him is Count Gollowrath, as Minister for the affairs of the interior.—The third Member is Count Trautmansdorff; and the fourth Count Louis de Cobentzel.
The son of the Chief Physician of the Grand Signior is arrived here from Constantinople, to study medicine; he must first learn Latin.
The mutinous Janissaries of Belgrade, who still keep the Pacha of that city in confinement, begin to want provisions. No communication is permitted with them on the side of Austria. A number of Austrian troops are assembled in the vicinity of Belgrade, as a corps of observation; and General Jella is arrived at Semlin.—As the rebellious Janissaries have not received the succour they expected from Widdem; and Turkish troops are on their march for Belgrade, it is expected they will be compelled to come to an accommodation.
Mr. Drummond, the new English envoy to the Neapolitan Court, has already passed through the city of Prague, on his way to the place of his destination.
(Private Correspondence.)
BERLIN, Sept. 12.
The intercourse of our court with foreign powers has still the character of a good understanding however multifarious and important the circumstances may be on which negotiations have been opened. Delays have indeed arisen with the ministry of Bonaparte, which, however, are so far removed, that no breach of friendship can thence result; and a well founded hope may be entertained, that the present harmony will continue. To this the way is particularly opened by the concession on our side, that the Grand Duke of Tuscany, under certain conditions, stipulated in our Court, shall be indemnified in Germany. The notification of the result of the negotiation on the subject of the indemnification of the House of Orange, in which France has been the mediator, is looked for with impatience. After the removal of the first great difficulties which presented themselves, the business will be concluded to the satisfaction of the parties. But as this is connected with other indemnifications, and concerns the taking possession of new countries, the Convention will not be made publicly known till these measures take place, and then a formal renunciation of the Stadholdership, by the House of Orange, will be published.
In the affairs of Italy we have an interest in common with Russia, particularly in favor of the King of Sardinia. On the other hand the Russian Court interests itself in the Electorate of Hanover, and the evacuation of it by our troops. His Majesty, however, fills delays this evacuation, which England labors to obtain, because, till the complete conclusion of the German territorial arrangements, the occupation of the territory of Hanover is a measure of political precaution. In the mean time, new contracts for provisioning the Prussian troops in Hanover till the month of October are concluded. About that period his majesty's Ambassador to the Court of London, Baron Jacob Kloft, who had quitted that situation on leave, and is now at the baths at Toplitz, but more on account of the awkward situation in which he would have found himself, in the present circumstances, at London, than for the restoration of health will again return to the British Court.
It is said, the Prussian troops in this place, from South Prussia and Silesia, will remain here till every thing is arranged for acting as circumstances may require.
PRESBURG, September 1.
By letters from Semlin, of the 24th of August, the following details are given of what lately passed at Belgrade:
"On the 17th of August a reinforcement from Bosnia came to the Pasha shut up in the Citadel, but those troops for want of provisions returned on the same day. The Janissaries became every day more mutinous. On the 18th, there was a brisk fire of musketry, which subsided in the evening. During the night the Janissaries attempted to open, under the gate of Constantinople, an old Canal, which formerly supplied the fortress with water. This attempt being successful, they filled the canal with troops, which, on the 19th of August, introduced a body of men to the amount of 500 into the interior of the fortress—all further resistance was useless on the part of the Pasha; his troops, after the loss of 70 men surrendered on condi-
tion of going out with all the honours of war, to the number of 107. Before and after the taking of the citadel, the Pasha was treated by the Janissaries with the greatest respect. They set at liberty Livan Effendi, who was stopped as an hostage, but they at the same time demanded assistance from Pashwan Oglou, who appears to have directed the whole affair. On the 21st of August the son of the Pasha arrived from Moravia with 1500 men before Belgrade, and required the liberation of his father. This, however, was refused, and it was signified to him, that if he would disband his troops, and surrender himself, with his relations, to the fortress, he should have nothing to apprehend from the garrison. This offer was not accepted, and on the 24th the Pasha's son retired towards Gemendia. From that time the aspect of affairs has been totally changed at Belgrade; the Janissaries not only massacred the Divan Effendi and the Algue Begu, but also signified that the same fate was reserved for the Pasha. The Janissaries are said to expect a reinforcement of 8,000 men from Pashwan Oglou. They have demanded provisions from Semlin and Pantleowa, which have been refused. It is evident that the Austrian government will place a corps of observation on its frontiers. This measure seems to be the more necessary, as the troubles are propagated more and more, and as, at Subritz, scenes are exhibited similar to those at Belgrade."
UPPER RHINE, Sept. 12.
According to a new ordinance, published in Belgium, all contributions are to be paid up, without fail by the end of the month. As these were before paid at indeterminate times, and commonly every half year, many persons are inclined to infer, that a change is approaching in that country.
According to a private letter from Paris, the preliminaries of peace proposed by England, consist of 21 articles, which were considered on 4th inst. in the Council of State, at which Buonaparte himself presided. The fifth article (according to this letter) is in substance, that, "the Prussian troops shall evacuate the Hanoverian territory within six weeks, and the French troops Belgium."
It is however, much doubted, whether France will consent in any manner to give up Belgium.
Extract of a letter from Strasburg, 8th September.
"Count de Bunau, Minister from Saxony, near the French Republic, passed through this city last evening."
"The Helvetic diet, which is to meet the 7th of this month, will be composed of 81 deputies; among which are 9 members of the legislative council, 3 of the executive council, 2 ministers, 2 high judges, 5 prefects, 3 administrators, 5 judges of the cantons, 3 sub-prefects, 3 judges of districts, 4 municipal officers, 2 chief secretaries of the ministry, 13 ex-senators, 4 ex-members of the supreme council, 2 ex-governors, and 9 ex-magistrates. Many projects of a constitution now appear from several cantons; those of Unterwald and Schwitz, have already been adopted by the diets of these cantons."
Extract of a letter from the Hague, September 15.
"We learn that the departure of the 15,000 French troops will take place the latter end of this month. The convention relative to the departure of the greatest part of the French troops (of which we shall retain in future only 10,000 men) has been ratified by the two governments; and these 10,000 men will remain under the immediate orders of the Batavian Republic. The convention stipulates that the indemnities agreed to be made to the French government shall be paid within the space of two years. The French troops which continue in our pay are to occupy a great part of the islands of Zealand."
"To supply the deficiency in our finances, it has been determined that there should be paid from the 15th of November next, 4 per cent. on all incomes, which will be considered as gratuitous. This extraordinary impost will certainly produce a considerable sum."
Extract of a letter from Copenhagen, September 15.
"The young Count de Loervendahl has been in confinement for 3 months in our citadel for having lost his dispatches at Abo."
"Our gazette of this day announces that the refusal of the British government to restore our possessions in the West-Indies, on account of their persisting to sequester the property of the French, Spaniards, and Dutch established in those islands; and which our government so far from consenting to, pretends that the English should restore the islands in the same condition in which they found them. It requires, besides, indemnity for the expenses of the war. It is not doubted, however, but this affair will soon be amicably terminated."
"The Directors of the Banks of Denmark and Norway, have made public, that in the course of last year, reckoning from the 1st July, 1800, to the 30th June, 1801, there have been taken out of circulation, and publicly burnt, bank-bills, to the amount of 600,000 rix-dollars."

Late last evening arrived the ship Arethusa, Capt. Bunker, in forty-five days from Bristol. The latest papers are to the twenty-fifth of September.
By these it appears, that while the invasion of England is seriously meditated on the one hand, the most active preparations are making on the other to meet with firmness and decisive effect, the impending storm. We see nothing to sanction the report of Mr. Pitt's returning the ministerial reins, except a paragraph or two, hinting that some diplomatic changes are in contemplation, which will bring some of those statesmen, who are now in retirement, again on the stage. Notwithstanding this insinuation, the last notice we see of Mr. Pitt is, that he had gone into the country on a shooting party with some friends. Although the dissolution of the Northern league greatly disconcerted the schemes which the Court of Malmaison had formed to cripple the trade, and humble the maritime power of England, and the reduction of Cairo still more mortified the pride of Bonaparte, and endangers the total loss of Egypt; yet, it seems, is projecting new plans of alarm to England, and of aggrandizement for his already overgrown empire. Obedient to his peremptory command, General Menou has rejected a second summons to surrender Alexandria, and has proclaimed his unalterable purpose of holding that fortress as long as he has a Frenchman left to point a cannon. He is, no doubt, fortified in this daring resolution by the secret hope of relief, and this hope perhaps may yet be realized—not indeed by any immediate succour, but by a diversion of the Turkish forces in Egypt. For this purpose it seems forty thousand French troops have been assembled in different parts of Italy, under the command of General Murat, the brother-in-law of Bonaparte, who are destined, it is said, for a direct attack on the very heart of the Ottoman empire. The passage is short and easy across the Adriatic—and if this expedition does take place, it will be followed probably by more than the recall of the Turkish troops—but also by the fall of Constantinople, and the complete dismemberment of the Turkish dominions.
With respect to the interesting subject of the German Secularizations, the Courts of Berlin, Vienna and Paris, seem to be pretty well agreed, and the deliberations of the Diet are drawing to a speedy and amicable close. We are pleased to see, that by a late decree of the French government, the list of unhappy French Emigrants has undergone a further reduction; and of 120,000, all are struck off the black catalogue except about ten thousand. The canvassing for seats in the new Imperial Parliament has already been commenced with great vivacity. The members seem to feel pretty strongly the symptoms of dissolution, and are making suitable preparations to give in their great accounts.
Salem, November 6.
Arrived, the fast sailing ship America, Crownfield, from the Isle of France and Sumatra, after a passage of 95 days from the latter island. The America has performed a circumnavigable voyage to the East-Indies in 235 days, and was engaged at the Isle of France upwards of 30 days of that time. We understand that the America has brought a cargo of Pepper, and piece goods.
It was reported at the Isle of France, that the British government at Madras, had condemned an American ship commanded by capt. Minot, of Bolton, under the pretence that she had been trading in India contrary to the British treaty.
The two French ships, sent out by the present government of France to proceed round the world upon discoveries, had been at the Isle of France; and after having taken in refreshments, had gone on their voyage: it was conjectured that they intended to circumnavigate the globe in an eastern direction.
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Alexandria, Nov. 2, 1801. 3tw Also will be offered for sale at the same time and place, the remaining part of said Lot No. 17, being of the same dimensions as the above, and lying contiguous thereto, unless previously disposed of at private sale, by
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November 11.
THE POLITICS OF EUROPE.
FROM AN ENGLISH PRINT.
Remarks on the two Official Notes transmitted to the French Minister, Talleyrand, by Count Kalitscheff, the Russian Ambassador at Paris.
IN these Notes, the Emperor of Russia requires from the First Consul five important concessions, expressed in the following articles:
 1. The absolute restoration of the King of Sardinia to his estates in Piedmont.  2. The emancipation of the King of Naples from the various restrictions laid on his power by France.  3. The preservation of the temporal authority of the Pope.  4. Adequate compensation for the Grand Duke of Tuscany in Italy, and not in Germany.  5. And finally, that the arrangements planned in the treaty of Luneville shall not be carried into execution without the participation and consent of Russia. 
These mandates are evidently too hard of digestion for Buonaparte; but since the Emperor of Russia has so far compromised his dignity, he cannot retrocede with any decorum. The interference of one of the first Sovereigns in the universe ought not to appear without effect, and the obligatory answer which his Imperial Majesty has lately received from the Tuilleries, cannot but determine him to pass the Rubicon. It would be an idle flattery to tell him that the means of compulsion are absolutely within his power. All the forces of Russia, however formidable, cannot have much influence on the mind of the First Consul; and if those who preside in the Cabinet of Petersburg consult the interest of their master, they cannot fail to advise his majesty to seek the assistance of Great-Britain without delay. The muscular vigour and gigantic shape of Hercules were not the chief cause of his triumphs; it was the oak which he held in his hands that crushed so many monsters, and made him immortal. A strict coalition of Russia with England is the only measure that can be adopted in the existing circumstances for the welfare of the two empires, as well as for the tranquillity of all the globe. The enormous strides made by the ambition of France have operated like the most dreadful convulsions of nature. All Italy, the greatest part of Germany, Portugal, Holland, Switzerland, are in a state of deplorable confusion; and while the prevailing system of the French Republic continues, it is in vain to seek for a remedy. All the plans that wisdom may strike out for a general pacification, present a Gordian knot, which no political sagacity can disentangle. But if a new Alexander chuses to cut it off, his success is not dubious, and he will be sure of eclipsing even the Hero of Macedon.
The complexion of the times never was more favorable to the union which we recommend than at the present juncture. France has been too long deprived of every commercial support, and the resource of plunder, which has hitherto served to patch up her finances, is absolutely at an end: her extortions from Portugal has closed the scene of rapine, and unless the French philosophers can instruct the First Consul in the art of transmuting metals, so as to enable him to make gold, it will not be much longer in the power of his treasury to satisfy the wants of an immense army. Reason leads us to think that the united efforts of Russia and Great Britain must needs oblige the cabinet of the Tuilleries to lower the tone of arrogance, and it is not improbable that they might chance to strike a mortal blow into the heart of the French Republic. The Chief Consul cannot hope to receive any aid from his Allies. Spain is reduced to a shadow, and cannot but feel like that unfortunate Queen at Ravenna, who, after that her beloved husband had been murdered in her arms, was forced to drink from his skull, and to embrace the assassin of her happiness. Austria and Prussia are the only powers whose junction with France might be of some weight, but the former is in a state of relaxation, which demands tranquillity, nor can we think that she ever would be so imprudent as to help her destroyer. With regard to Prussia, though her political interest may not appear repugnant to the aggrandizements of France, she knows too well that her co-operation in favour of the latter would be a measure more calculated to endanger her own safety, than to promote her advantage:—A Fox tied to the tail of a dog, is an unnatural combination.
We cannot but consider the First Consul as entirely abandoned to himself, and in a state of political desolation. In the catalogue of his hopes, nothing remains except two romantic schemes—one is to invade this country, and the other to attack Constantinople. The vigilance of the present minister, supported by the good sense of the nation, will never suffer France to attempt the first with impunity in any part of the empire; and as to the Ottoman territory, if the Porte cannot defend herself, there are other ways of repelling any aggression of the enemy in that quarter. The fate of Egypt seems to be almost decided in our favour, and though the late report relative to Cairo should not prove literally true, we sincerely believe that the next intelligence will proclaim an important victory from the British arms. There is a tide in the affairs of Empires as well as of individuals, and we hope that the Cabinet of Petersburg will not fail to seize it at the flood, by entering into an immediate alliance with Great Britain. At this moment, Russia may gain possession of part of Egypt, and even obtain a settlement in India. Under the present circumstances, it is undoubtedly the interest of this country to invite the power of Russia to a close connexion, by an offer of essential advantages. If the Cabinet of Petersburg neglects the opportunity, we cannot see any prospect of peace, unless the blue-eyed Virgin seizes Buonaparte by the golden hair, and inspires him to avail himself of the candour, moderation, and politeness, of those who now guide the helm of our affairs.
SANTEE CANAL.
THE COMPANY incorporated for the purpose of making an inland navigation from Santee to Cooper's river, after eight years labor, during which they have been obliged to encounter various obstacles and embarrassments, and to incur an expense far exceeding their original calculations, have the pleasure to inform the public that the Canal is finished.
This great public work, unequalled by anything of this kind in the United States, more valuable to the public than it is likely in a short time to become to the proprietors, will, it is confidently believed, remove obstacles that, in times past have embarrassed the agriculture of our interior country, by facilitating and expediting the passage of its productions to market, and very considerably diminishing the expense and risk. The Company are aware that it may be desirable to the public that the canal had been calculated for the transmission of larger boats, when it can be recollected, that at the original planning of the canal, the company were flattered large interests upon calculation as to supplies of water, and the amount of expenses, which calculations might possibly prove erroneous; they trust they will be justified for proceeding on a scale that would least endanger a disappointment to themselves and the public. If the expense has greatly exceeded their calculations, they have some consolation in now having fully and satisfactorily ascertained that there is no ground to apprehend a deficiency of water in the dryest season. The canal is capable of transmitting boats considerably larger than the present locks will admit; and it is hoped that a few years of successful operation may enable the company to meet the wishes of the public more fully in this respect. For the present, boats of any size, not exceeding 50 feet in length, and 9 feet in breadth, from outside to outside, and not drawing more than 2 feet to 2 1/2 inches of water, will be admitted into and pass through the canal.
The Rates of Toll fixed for the present, and until otherwise announced to the public, are as follows:
   Dolls.     A boat passing through only part of the canal, for every single lock, 2   For every double lock, 3   A boat not exceeding 6 feet in breadth, passing from river to river, 10   A boat exceeding six feet, and within the limitation, 20   A boat having paid the toll of 20 dollars down, and returning within 20 days, empty or not more than half full (to be determined by the superintendent) will be passed through from Cooper to Santee, for 12  
The Company would have been abundantly gratified had it been in their power to fix the rates at a lower value than the above. The most reasonable calculations however, after the payment of the current expenses, promise them but very moderate returns for their advances. Even throwing out of estimate the length of time their capital has been a dead fund; while they must trust to time to retrieve their own disappointments in respect to emolument, they will in the interim be alleviated by the certain prospect that the planters and farmers in the interior country will be furnished with new encouragements to their industry, and their fellow-citizens of Charleston with a more cheap and plentiful market, by the operations of the Santee Canal.
Published by resolve of the Board of Directors. Attest. ROBERT SMITH, President. J. M. DAVIS, Secretary.
At a meeting of the Directors, July 2, 1801.
Resolved, That the Superintendent be directed to pass through, free of expense, all proper boats that may offer, until the 30th day of September next, after which day, the toll, as at present established, shall be paid before any boat be suffered to pass.
Resolved, That a committee of directors will attend on the 1st day of October next, in order to settle and apportion to each share the debt due by the company, when certificates of stock will be issued for such shares as are settled, agreeable to the resolution of the stockholders of the 16th of February; and by virtue of the power vested in the directors at said meeting, the shares that are not so settled will be declared forfeited.
Resolved, That the Secretary do, without delay, furnish each stockholder with a copy of the above resolution.
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THE subscriber will rent by the year, or during the session of Congress, four large, convenient three-story BRICK HOUSES—they are well calculated for Boarding Houses, being all situated on the Capitol Hill, and the nearest houses to the Capitol; two of them adjoin the well known Tavern occupied by Mr. Stille the other two are likewise equally convenient to the Capitol. Any person qualified to keep such houses may know the terms by applying to
DANIEL CARROL, of Dudn. Sep. 28. eptl
The subscriber respectfully acquaints the public, that he has removed to the corner of Ninth and K streets, where he continues to manufacture and sell all kinds of Ornament for Chimney pieces, Door Caps, Frontispieces Metal Safes, &c. which may also be had at his store No. 51, Barclay Street, New-York, and to Mr. Wild's Store, Market Street, Baltimore.
GEORGE ANDREWS.
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WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1801.
We learn from the Mediterranean, that in the latter end of August, the Danes succeeded in making peace with the Bashaw of Tripoli. Captain Dale quitted the blockade of Tripoli on the 3d of September, to proceed to Gibraltar, where he arrived on the 29th. Hence he sent the Schooner Enterprise with dispatches to government, from the consideration of the season approaching, when both in the Mediterranean and on the American coast, it would be hazardous for her to be at sea. The Tripolian Admiral had abandoned his three ships at Gibraltar, and gone to Malta in a British vessel. We understand that commander Dale intended to leave the Reflex to rendezvous at Algiers and Gibraltar, and the Philadelphia at Saragossa on the east end of the island of Sicily, shewing herself occasionally at Tripoli. He proposed to return with the President about the first or middle of November, if nothing unforeseen happened.
Extract of a letter from on board the U. States ship Boston, dated, Banks of Newfoundland, 20th October 1801.
"We have arrived so far safely—we had a heavy gale the night before last, which gave us during the time some anxiety, as we were not certain of the soundness of our ship; but we are now at rest on that subject as she has proved to be staunch. The Minister and suite and all the crew are perfectly healthy, which is very satisfactory. Having left the port of New-York under some apprehensions of the Yellow Fever."
By an arrival at New-York, Hamburg papers to the 21st September are received, from which several articles in this day's paper are taken.
On the 7th inst. the Legislature of Kentucky met at Frankfort, when Gen. John Adair was chosen Speaker of the House of Representatives. The officers of the Senate were continued.
By desire] On Thursday morning the 12th inst. departed this life, Mr. Jasper James de Carnep, merchant of this City. He has left behind him a widow and five children to mourn his loss, with a number of friends. He was an affectionate husband, tender father, and kind friend. He was born the 16th day of February, in the year of our Lord 1751.
We are desired to give notice that a funeral discourse will be delivered on Sunday next, at St. Paul's church on the New-Jersey Avenue, in the morning, by the rev. Mr. McCormick.
New-York, November 14.
Yesterday morning the books of the New-York Bread Company were opened for the subscription of 600 additional shares, which were immediately filled, with a considerable surplus.
BURLINGTON, (Vermont) Oct. 29.
We are extremely sorry to learn, that the Painting Office of Messrs. Chipman & Fellen-don, at Vergennes, with all the materials it contained, and the Post Office, which was kept in the same building, with two Mails of the United States, were consumed by fire on Tuesday night last. The account books of the abovenamed gentlemen were the only articles preserved. One of the Mails was from Plattsburgh, and the other belonged to Fairhaven. It is said that Judge Platt had enclosed fifty dollars in the Mail from Plattsburgh. We understand the fire broke out in an apartment under the Printing Office, which was occupied for a school.
VERMONT ASSEMBLY.
[The following Resolutions have been passed by the Legislature of this state as recommended by the Legislature of the state of Maryland.]
BY THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES Dec. 9, 1800.
Resolved, That in the opinion of the Legislature, the following amendment to the Constitution of the United States would conduce to the happiness of the citizens thereof, by the establishment of an uniform mode for the choice of Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, and of Representatives to Congress.
First, That after the third day of March, in the year 1801, the choice of Electors of President and Vice President shall be made by the Legislature of each state dividing the state into a number of districts equal to the number of Electors to be chosen in such state, and by the persons in each of those districts, who shall have the qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous branch of the Legislature of such state, choosing one Elector in the manner which the Legislature thereof shall prescribe; which districts, when so divided, shall remain unalterable until a new Census of the United States shall be obtained.
Second, That the Elections of Representatives to serve after the third day of March, in the year 1803, shall be by dividing each state by the Legislature thereof, into a number of districts equal to
the number of Representatives to which such state shall be entitled, and by the people within each of those districts, who shall have the qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous branch of the Legislature of such state, choosing one Representative in the manner which the Legislature thereof shall prescribe, which districts, when so divided, shall remain unalterable until a new Census of the United States shall be obtained.
Lexington, (Kent.) Nov. 6.
By a gentleman just from the fourth side of Green river, we have received information, that three Indians who murdered a white man on the Ohio some time since, have been delivered up to the commanding officer at Wilkinsonville, by the nation to which they belonged.
The circumstances attending the murder are thus related: The white man and three Indians had agreed to cross the Ohio together, and in moving some drift at the ferry, one of the Indians discovered a neck of yellow jackets, and attempted to put the white man on the nest; but he proving too strong for the Indian, put him on it, when he received several stings. After crossing the river and going a short distance, the white man going before, two of the Indians shot him through the body. They took his horse and clothes, which excited suspicion on their arrival at home; and being charged, the third Indian related the circumstances, upon which they were all taken and delivered up as above.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE,
THAT I intend to petition the next court of the District of Columbia, for permission to keep a Ferry across the Eastern Branch, from Hamilton's Point, near Mill's Wharf, over to some convenient place about the hospital square, where Mr. Holt lives.
JOHN B. KERBY.
November 20, 1801. w3t
CHARLES RICHLER,
Hair Dresser, from Baltimore; HAS taken a house on Capitol Hill, opposite Mr. Linton's Hotel, and begs leave respectfully to offer his services in the above line, to the ladies and gentlemen of the City of Washington and George Town. His long experience and attention to business, he hopes, will merit their favors. Ladies sending their orders will be waited on in any part of the City, or in Georgetown.
HE HAS FOR SALE,
A number of Frizzets of the newest fashion and of different colors; also hair powder, shaving foam, soft and hard pomatum, Hopkin's Razor Scraps of different sorts, with paste, &c. Nov. 20. 3t
NOTICE.
The following slaves have been committed to the jail of Washington County in the District of Columbia, viz.
JOHN MARYNARD—Twenty nine years old, a bright mulatto, 5 feet 7 inches high, says he was formerly the property of David M'Mechen, Esq. of Baltimore, who sold him to a Mr. White, a Mr. Bingham, and a Mr. Sargeant from Georgia.
JIM WILMER—Twenty six or 27 years of age, very black complexion, 5 feet 8 inches high, says he was formerly the property of Mr. Cumberland Dugan, of Baltimore, who sold him to the said White, Bingham and Sargeant. Both of these men have on coarse negro clothing, not much worn.
CHARLES—25 years of age, about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, well made, and has a good countenance; says he belongs to a Mr. Tubman, of Benedict, in St. Mary's county, Maryland—has on coarse negro clothing, a good deal worn.
The owners of the above slaves are desired to come and take them away, or they will be sold to pay their prison expenses, according to the provision of the law respecting runaways.
DAN'L CARROLL DRENT, Marshal of the District of Columbia, Washington, October 21, 1801. tf
For Sale,
At the Store lately occupied by Mr. F. MANNON, on Water-street, opposite Messrs. King & Doughty's Lumber Yard, Cogniac brandy, Holland gin, West-India and N. England rum, Spanish brandy, cherry rum, brown, loaf and lump sugars, gun powder imperial, hyson hyson skin and touchstone teas, green coffee, pepper, alumine, runners, ground ginger, fig blue, indigo, starch, Spanish segars, mould and six candles in boxes, white and brown soap in ditto, loaf leather, molasses, belt table cloth, a few thousand weight of Rhode-Island cheese, mens coarse shoes, apples in barrels, a quantity of onions, &c. &c. George-Town, October 21. 1aw3w
Dissolution of Partnership.
THE Partnership of Washington & Dowson, did by mutual consent dissolve on the 10th day of October last. All those indebted to the said concern are requested to make immediate payment to Baily Washington, living on the Capitol Hill, New-Jersey Avenue who is authorized to settle the business of the concern.
BAILY WASHINGTON. JOSEPH DOWSON. Nov. 11. 1aw3t
In Chancery, October 31, 1801.
ORDERED, that the sale made by Henry Whetmore, as stated in his report this day filed, of a Lot of Ground, in the City of Washington, the property of Abraham Young, deceased for the sum of 150 dollars, subject to the right of dower, shall be confirmed, unless cause to the contrary be shown before the 10th day of December next: Provided a copy of this order be published in some newspaper of the said City, or of George-Town, before the end of November next.
TEST, SAMUEL H. HOWARD. Reg. Com. Can.

ON THE UNION OF ACTIVE AND CONTEMPLATIVE HABITS.—By Harris.
Philosophy, taking its name from the love of wisdom, and having for its end the investigation of truth, has an equal regard both to practice and speculation, inasmuch as truth of every kind is similar and congenial. Hence we find that some of the most illustrious actors upon the great theatre of the world have been engaged at times in philosophical speculation. Pericles, who governed Athens, was the disciple of Anaxagoras; Epaminondas spent his youth in the Pythagorean school; Alexander the Great had Aristotle for his preceptor; and Scipio made Polybius his companion and friend. Why need I mention Cicero, or Cato, or Brutus? The orations, the epistles, and the philosophical works of the first, shew him sufficiently conversant both in action and contemplation. So eager was Cato for knowledge, even when surrounded with business, that he used to read philosophy in the senate-house, while the Senate was assembling; and as for the patriot Brutus, though his life was a continual scene of the most important action, he found time not only to study, but to compose a treatise upon virtue.
When these were gone, and the world of times succeeded, Tarpeia Pater, and Helvidius Priscus, were at the same period both senators and philosophers; and appear to have supported the severest trials of tyrannic oppression, by the manly system of the Stoic morality. The bestemperer whom the Romans, or perhaps any nation, ever knew, Marcus Antonius, was involved during his whole life in business of the highest consequence; fomented conspiracies forming, which he was obliged to suppress; formidable wars arising at other times, when he was obliged to take the field. Yet during none of these periods did he forsake philosophy, but still persisted in meditation, and in committing his thoughts to writing, during moments, gained by health from the hurry of courts, and campaigns.
If we descend to later ages, and search our own country, we shall find Sir Thomas Moore, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Walter Raleigh, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Milton, Algernon Sidney, Sir William Temple, and many others, to have been all of them eminent in public life, and at the same time conspicuous for their speculations and literature. If we look abroad, examples of like characters will occur in other countries. Grotius, the poet, the critic, the philosopher, and the divine, was employed by the court of Sweden as ambassador to France; and De Witt, that acute but unfortunate statesman, that pattern of parsimony and political accomplishments, was an able arithmetician, wrote upon the Elements of Curves, and applied his algebra with accuracy to the trade and commerce of his country.
And so much in defence of philosophy, against those who may possibly undervalue her, because they have succeeded without her; those I mean (and it must be confessed there are many) who, having spent their whole lives in what Milton calls the "busy hum of men," have acquired to themselves habits of amazing efficacy, unassisted by the helps of science and erudition. To such the retired student may appear an awkward being, because they want a just standard to measure his merit. But let them recur to the bright examples before alleged; let them remember that these were eminent in their own way; were men of action and business; men of the world; and yet did they not disdain to cultivate philosophy, nay, were many of them perhaps indebted to her for the splendor of their active character.
FROM THE CONTINENT.
INTRODUCTION.
I AM induced to give the following concise "History of the Origin of Vaccine Inoculation," from my frequent observing that those who only consider the subject cursorily, confound the casual Cow Pox, with the Disease when excited by Inoculation.
EDWARD JENNER.
Bond-street, May 6, 1801.
ON THE ORIGIN OF THE VACCINE INOCULATION.
MY inquiry into the nature of the Cow Pox commenced upwards of twenty-five years ago. My attention to this singular disease was first excited by observing, that among those whom in the country I was frequently called upon to inoculate, many resisted every effort to give them the Small Pox. These patients I found had undergone, a disease they called the Cow Pox, contracted by milking Cows affected with a peculiar eruption on their teats. On inquiry, it appeared that it had been known among the dairies time immemorial, and that a vague opinion prevailed that it was a preventive of the Small Pox. This opinion I found was, comparatively new among them; for all the old farmers declared they had no such idea in their early days—a circumstance that seemed daily to be accounted for, from my knowing that the common people were very rarely inoculated for the Small Pox, until that Practice was rendered general by the improved method introduced by theuttons; so that working people in the
dairies were seldom put to the test of the preventive powers of the Cow Pox.
In the course of the investigation of this subject, which like all others of a complex and intricate nature, presented many difficulties, I found that some of those who seemed to have undergone the Cow Pox, nevertheless, on inoculation with the Small Pox, felt its influence just the same as if no disease had been communicated to them by the Cow. This occurrence led me to inquire among the medical practitioners in the country around me, who all agreed in this sentiment, that the Cow Pox was not to be relied upon as a certain preventive of the Small Pox. This for a while dampened, but could not extinguish, my ardour; for as I proceeded, I had the satisfaction to learn that the Cow was subject to some varieties of spontaneous eruptions upon the teats; that they were all capable of communicating forces to the milkers; and that whatever sore was derived from the animal, was called in the dairy the Cow Pox. Thus I surmounted a great obstacle, and in consequence I was led to form a distinction between these diseases one of which only I have denominated the true, the others the spurious, Cow Pox, as they have no specific power over the constitution. This impediment to my progress was not long removed before another, of far greater magnitude in its appearances, started up. There were not wanting instances to prove, that when the true Cow Pox broke out among the cattle at a dairy, a person who had milked an infected animal, and had thus apparently gone through the disease in common with others, was liable to receive the Small Pox afterwards. This, like the former obstacle, was a painful check to my fond and aspiring hope; but reflecting that the operations of Nature are generally uniform, and that it was not probable the human constitution (having undergone the Cow Pox) should in some instances be perfectly secured from the Small Pox, and in many others remain unprotected, I resumed my labours with redoubled ardour. The result was fortunate; for I now discovered that the virus of Cow Pox was capable of undergoing progressive changes, from the same causes precisely as that of Small Pox; and that when it was applied to the human skin in its degenerated state, it would produce the ulcerous effects in as great a degree as when it was not decomposed, and sometimes far greater; but having lost its specific properties, it was incapable of producing that change upon the human frame which is requisite to render it insusceptible of the various contagion: so that it became evident a person might milk a cow one day, and having caught the disease, be for ever secure; while another person milking the same cow the next day, might feel the influence of the Virus in such a way, as to produce a sore or sores, and in consequence of this might experience an indisposition to a considerable extent; yet, as has been observed, the specific quality being lost, the constitution would receive no permanent impression.
Here the close analogy between the virus of small-pox and of cow-pox becomes remarkably conspicuous; since the former, when taken from a recent pustule, and immediately used, gives the perfect small-pox to the person on whom it is inoculated; but when taken in a far advanced stage of the disease, or when (although taken early) previous to its infection, it is exposed to such agents as, according to the established laws of nature, cause its decomposition, it can no longer be relied on as effectual. This observation will fully explain the source of those errors which have been committed by many inoculators of the cow-pox. Conceiving the whole process to be so extremely simple, as not to admit of a mistake, they have been careless about the state of the Vaccine Virus; and finding it lumpy, as part of it will be even in an advanced stage of the pustule, when the greater portion has been converted into a scab, they have had an improper confidence, and sometimes mistaken a spurious pustule, which the vaccine fluid in this state is capable of exciting, for that which possesses the perfect character.
During the investigation of the casual cow-pox, I was struck with the idea that it might be practicable to propagate the disease by inoculation, after the manner of the small-pox; first from the cow, and finally, from one human being to another. Longiously waited some time for an opportunity of putting this theory to the test. At length the period arrived. The first experiment was made on a lad of the name of Phipps, in whose arm the vaccine virus was inserted, taken from the hand of a young woman who had been accidentally infected by a cow. Notwithstanding the resemblance which the pustule, thus excited on the boy's arm, bore to variolous inoculation, yet as the indisposition attending it was barely perceptible, I could scarcely persuade myself the patient was secure from the small-pox. However, on his being inoculated some months afterwards, it proved that he was secure. This case inspired me with confidence; and as soon as I could again furnish myself with virus from the cow, I made an arrangement for a series of inoculations. A number of children were inoculated in succession, one from the other; and after several months had elapsed, they were exposed to the infection of the small-pox; some by inoculation, others by variolous effluvia, and some in both ways; but they all resisted it. The result of these trials gradually led me into a wider field of experiment, which I went over, not only with great attention, but with
painful solicitude. This became universally known through a treatise published in June, 1798. The result of my further experience was also brought forward in subsequent publications in the two succeeding years, 1799 and 1800. The distrust and scepticism which naturally arose in the minds of medical men, on my first announcing so unexpected a discovery has now nearly disappeared. Many hundred of them, from actual experience, have given their attestations that the inoculated Cow Pox proves a perfect security against the Small Pox; and I shall probably be within compass, if I say, thousands are ready to follow their example; for the scope that this inoculation has now taken is immense. An hundred thousand persons, upon the smallest computation, have been inoculated in these realms. The numbers who have partaken of its benefits throughout Europe and other parts of the globe are incalculable; and it now becomes too manifest to admit of controversy, that the annihilation of the Small Pox, the most dreadful scourge of the human species, must be the final result of this practice.
* This boy was inoculated nearly at the expiration of two years afterwards with variolous matter, but no other effects produced beyond a local inflammation around the perivertical part upon the arm.
State of North-Carolina } Edenton District. } Superior Court of Law, October Term, 1801.
Extract from a Charge of Judge Taylor, to the Grand Jury, on the propriety of encouraging moral and literary institutions.
"From this unpleasant, though not unuseful recital of crimes and punishments, and the statement of your share, in the administration of criminal justice, I may, without impropriety, direct your attention to the interesting duties which attach themselves, to your private and domestic relations."
"The scrupulous discharge of these duties, by men held in general esteem, creates, and diffuses through society, a moral influence, which contributes more efficaciously than the terrors of legal punishment, to the prevention of crimes. Of such persons, the example may guide and purify, or pervert and mislead, the manners and morals of their fellow-citizens. It therefore behoves them, to observe prudence and circumspection of conduct, lest they give countenance to irregularities, which, though practised by themselves, without much evil, because corrected and retrained by estimable qualities, yet taking possession of minds of inferior strength, are exhibited in the excesses and grossnesses of vice. In return for the confidence reposed in them; for the merited respect of the community, they would lend their individual exertions to the sanction of the laws, and pursue the surest, as well as most agreeable means of making good citizens, by first making good men."
"It may reasonably be expected from persons selected for their fitness to serve as jurors, that they should be impressed with the superiority of this calm and peaceful mode of reformation; and in contrasting it, with the sad and painful duty of punishment, strong motives will be found, to commence the work with ardor, and pursue it with diligence. The sincerity of their patriotism cannot be better displayed, than in steady endeavors to reform the morals, and enlarge the minds of their fellow-citizens; to inculcate a reverence for, and cheerful obedience to the constitution and laws by which they are protected; to cherish the spirit of peace and social harmony; to promote habits of industry, temperance and frugality; and to countenance by their example the due observance of religious duties. In proportion, as republican institutions are calculated to afford men the greatest portion of civil liberty, pains should be taken to improve the virtue and capacity of the citizens, from which their chief support is derived. To perpetuate the blessings of a free government, a respect for their duties is equally necessary to the citizens, with a knowledge of their rights; the one enjoins them to abstain from injury and wrong; by the other they are instructed and enabled to repeal them."
"I cannot, gentlemen, too earnestly recommend to your attention, a duty which every man of reflection, who regards the future welfare of his country, must consider as of the first importance, the education of youth. Schools and seminaries of learning, whether public or private, should be anxiously countenanced and encouraged; by affording to able and discreet teachers, a liberal allowance. The views of the legislature should be forwarded by rendering permanently useful, the University, which they have established, in obedience to a constitutional injunction. The ample resources of the state partially called into action by a small and willing contribution from the people, could not be employed, in an object of more public utility; nor the efforts of individuals more usefully directed, than in the cultivation of learning. Opportunities of instruction should be afforded to all, because all have an equal interest, in the private and public benefits, which it has a tendency to secure. Those who are led by inclination or capacity, to take a share in the public councils; to qualify themselves for administering the concerns of a rising nation; or even
to adorn private life with the treasures of science, should find within the state an institution, where the necessary advantages may be acquired. There the interests and character of the country may be advantageously studied, its true policy understood, and the pursuit of knowledge animated, by a near prospect of the good its consummation may produce; while the mind, will at the same time become inviolably attached to the state, where it has been enabled to receive the lessons of wisdom. Schools where youth are instructed in the rudiments of knowledge and morality, should likewise be established and encouraged throughout the state; in which the children of all, rich and poor, might find a ready access to information: The youth who display an aptitude for learning without possessing the means of completing their education, should be taken under the guardianship of the state, and their minds nurtured by its bounty into enlightened maturity. But it is not to be expected that men of virtue and talents, will devote their time to this employment, without a just and adequate retribution; because the qualifications requisite for a teacher, will command a less laborious subsistence in other situations of life. And yet, it is a great mistake to suppose, that persons of incorrect morals or impure habits, may safely be entrusted with the care of youth; or that learning however extensive, or the power of communicating it, however happy, can counterbalance the degradation of vice. Deformed views of human nature, should be carefully excluded from the contemplation of youth, unless presented as lessons to deter them from criminal pursuits; but when these are associated with the character of a teacher, whom they are accustomed to revere and imitate, an early taint is thus communicated to the mind, which future disciplines, can with difficulty remove. So much have the interests of learning been neglected in many parts of the state, that without the timely and zealous exertions of individuals, a great portion of the youth of the country may grow up without any intellectual or moral improvement, and be exposed to the evils which usually attend the neglect of early impressions. Yet, it ought to be considered, that the silent lapse of a few years, will place in their hands a sacred duty, an awful trust; the complete discharge of which, will require an union of the best qualities of the head and heart. The means of affording them the necessary qualifications to fill their stations in life with honor and utility, should be no longer neglected; particularly when they are so completely within our reach, and when nothing more is wanting to call them into operation, than a proper degree of public spirit. Can we fail to be inspired with this, when we survey the varied and conspicuous good, which has been produced since the revolution by the laudable exertions of our sister states? without enumerating the many salutary improvements in law and policy which have been thus effected; the abolition of sanguinary punishments may be referred to, as strongly denoting the rapid and equal march of learning and humanity; for according to a well informed writer, "sanguinary laws are a bad symptom of the distemper of any state, or at least of its weak constitution."
"It is to be lamented that we are yet so far behind the other states in the desirable objects, I have ventured to recommend, but our backwardness does not result from any inferiority in our physical or moral capacities; nor from nature's having sparingly dispensed her choicest gifts; for no where, does the human mind display a greater degree of native energy; but it proceeds alone, from not having been just to ourselves. We may, however, confidently hope that the citizens at large will shortly see this interesting subject in its true light; and they will meet with equal aid the patriotic views of those individuals, who have stood foremost in patronizing institutions of learning. It cannot be too ardently desired, that the sentiment and conviction may prevail throughout the state, that to awaken and improve the latent energies of the youthful mind, & form the moral discipline of the heart; to instruct the rising generations in the maxims which connect individual happiness with national prosperity, is a duty of perfect obligation, which every citizen owes his country, and every man his kind."
IMPORTED,
In the Ship Thomas, from Liverpool, Ironmongery, Cutlery, Saddle-ry and Brass Ware—which are now opening for sale at the subscriber's store on New-Jersey Avenue, Capitol Hill, viz.
IRON and brass kim locks, lock ditto, butt & HL hinges, screws, bolts, saws, files, chisels, cutlers knives, waggon boxes, frying pans, patent metal tea kettles, pots and saucepans, chafing dishes, iron pots, knife cases, knives and forks, brass and iron candlesticks, shovels and tongs, brushes, ladies dressing cases, mathematical instruments, mill, pit and cross-cut saws, japanned ware, large scale beams, &c. &c.
HENRY INGLE.
October 19.
The CABINET and CHAIR-MAKING Business is carried on by Ingles and Pelton, at their shop next to the above store, where orders in that line will be thankfully received and punctually attended to.
N. B. A good steady Journeyman Cabinet-Maker will meet with employ by applying as above.
This day is Published
RAPINE, CONRAD & Co. Corner of south B street and New-Jersey Avenue, near the Capitol.
SELECT NOVELS, vol. 2d & 3d.
EXECUTED in a superior style, and each volume containing two handsome engravings—Price to Subscribers, one dollar per vol.
1st Journal Visit—A tale in a vols. by Maria Regina Roche, author of the Children of the Abbey, &c. &c.
As passed at the second session of the sixth Congress, began and held at the city of Washington, on Monday the 17th of November 1800. Also just received,
A very handsome assortment of NEW NOVELS, of the best merit, with a good collection of Law, and miscellaneous History, and a very elegant assortment of Ladies' and gentlemen's Pocket Books, of various prices and qualities.
R. C. & Co. Have always on hand a general assortment of Stationery, such as writing and letter paper, quills, wafers, sealing wax, ink-powder, pen knives, slates, parchment, playing cards, blank and account books, inkstands, black lead pencils, &c. &c. All which they will sell at the most moderate prices. Almanacs for the year 1802, just published. Sept. 16, 1801.
Thirty Dollars Reward
THE following criminals who made their escape from the prison of Washington County, in the City of Washington, on Sunday night the 11th inst. have not yet been apprehended.
FRANCIS HIGDON, a slender man, about 5 feet 6 inches high, fair complexion, black hair, and 26 or 27 years of age. It is supposed he has endeavored to get among his relations in Charles or St. Mary's County.
JAMES SCULLY, about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, stout made, fair complexion, an Irishman by birth, had on a blue suit of clothes quite new, and of a coarse quality. He is about 25 years of age, talks thick, has short, bushy hair, and is very much marked with the small-pox.
HARRY, a negro man, of light complexion, 23 or 24 years of age, 5 feet 4 inches high, well made; had on when he went away, a new white cotton shirt, and new coarse, blue, cloth jacket and trowers.
It is supposed this fellow is gone to Port Tobacco, where, I am informed, his master resides, whose name is Lanty Maddox. Ten dollars will be paid for the delivery of either of the above men, or thirty dollars for the whole of them.
DANIEL G. BRENT,
Marshal of the district of Columbia. Washington, Nov. 21.
CONVEYANCERS OFFICE,
AND OFFICE FOR SALE OF CITY LOTS.
On the Pennsylvania Avenue fronting the President's Square, near Rhodes's tavern, City of Washington.
THOMAS HERTY has connected with the business of drawing Conveyances of Land, Wills, Mortgage Deeds, Bonds, Assignments powers of Attorney, petitions, and every other species of deed or contract in the profession; that of buying, selling and leasing lots as well as in the City, negotiating loans, &c.
His long experience as a draftsman, and knowledge of the laws relative thereto—the knowledge which he has acquired by residence of the situation of City Lots, and how their titles have been acquired, or are liable to be affected; together with his impartial and firm regard to the interest of those who may be pleased to employ him, will, he hopes, secure to him a continuance of public patronage. Titles to real property investigated, and opinions given thereon when required.
For sale a great variety of Lots, in desirable situations in the City.
N. B. At the above office may be had, his Abridgement of the Laws of Maryland, price 6 dollars. Also his Digest of the Laws of the United States, price 5 dollars. As the Laws of Maryland are in full force on this side of the Potomac, it behoves settlers to avail themselves of that information which affects their lives, liberties, and property. He who is without a knowledge of his "rule of conduct" is like a stranger in his native land. May 4. 224W. IAVA
PUBLIC SALE.
By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of Washington County, District of Columbia, will be sold to the highest bidder, on Thursday the 26th of November, at the late dwelling of James Robinson, deceased, about one mile from the Eastern Branch Ferry.
The personal property of the said James Robinson, deceased—Consisting of Household Furniture, kitchen and farming utensils, some wearing apparel and other articles.
Terms of sale, where the property bought by any one purchaser does not amount to twenty dollars—ready money. For all purchases above that sum, a credit of six months; the purchasers giving Bond, with good security for the payment of the money with interest, in six months from the day of sale. Hour of sale, 11 o'clock A. M.
LEWIN TALBOTT, Admr.
Washington County, } November 11, 1801. } epst
For Sale or Rent,
A VALUABLE Lot in Washington City, on square No. 686, on Delaware Avenue, near the Capitol, opposite general Washington's buildings. This lot contains 5982 square feet, with a commodious three story brick house thereon, completely finished in a handsome style. Sale of said property will be preferred for part cash, and the balance well secured. For terms apply to Messrs. Karrack and Pettival, in Philadelphia, or to the subscriber in Washington City, in New-Jersey Avenue.
BENJAMIN BURCH.
Nov. 11. enf
DAVID JACKSON,
DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY.
INFORMS his friends and the public, that he has removed from Chestnut, to No. 26 South Third Street, directly opposite the Post-Office, where he is opening a general assortment of genuine Drugs and Medicines, Surgeons' Instruments, Painters' Colours, and Patent Medicines of every description. Orders of Physicians and country Merchants executed with punctuality and care, and upon the most advantageous terms. Philadelphia, Nov. 2, 1801. epst