The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1802-09-27 00:00:00

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. II
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. CCCLII.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th, 1802.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
[The remarks on Mr. John Adams's letters, some time since published in the National Intelligencer, those that have appeared in other prints, together with the letters of Mr. Samuel Adams in reply, have been animadvertised upon by a verbose critic in the Boston Gazette. As this writer proves every thing by the poets of ancient days, whom he very liberally quotes, it will be unprofitably to his genius to check his soaring flight, even if it dared the highest eminence of Parnassus. But as "trifles light as air," sometimes flow which way the wind blows, and as there are certain reasons which render it extremely probable that these pieces were penned under the eye of Mr. John Adams, it may not be altogether unprofitable to notice, with little comment, the concluding remarks. They serve to show the inflated delusion which overpreads some minds, when comparing this country with others differently situated; they conclude, in correspondence with their wild theories or ambitious wishes, that the United States will experience the same fate with them. Do not these men perceive the infinite difference between our situation and that of Greece and Rome? Were Greece and Rome ever in possession of a free government? Did they possess the means, the parent and protection of such? Were they acquainted with the principle of representation correctly applied? Was knowledge so widely diffused among their slaves, who constituted the greater part of their population, as among our freemen?
These are our bulwarks, all of which were unpolished by the ancients. They are the bulwarks of republicanism wherever it exists. Its enemies may affect ignorance of its meaning, but the experience of every day presents them with conspicuous views of its excellence, surrounded with power capable of self-protection against open or secret hostility. It cannot be too often repeated, that there are men in this country who wish the subversion of republicanism, and whole measures, wherever they shall acquire power, will indirectly attempt what they dare not openly practise. Such measures have been attempted. May they never recur!]
The critic says:
"Another point of difference between the correspondents, is upon the possible fate which the term Republic may meet with in this country—Mr. Samuel Adams after showing clearly that he did not understand his friend, even with the help of a dictionary, strenuously contends that they do understand each other, when they use the term with approbation—He is very confident that the people of this country will "never be persuaded nor compelled to renounce, detest, and execrate the very word as the English do."—Time alone can discover which of the two writers in this respect saw the clearest and deepest into futurity.—The term Republic is yet extremely popular, as may be seen by the fraudulent manner in which it is daily used.—Let any man look into our newspapers, and see what exertions each of the great parties which divide the nation is making to appropriate the name exclusively to itself and filch it from its adversary. Yet
"What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet."
The reason is that they want to bandy with it in fashion—they want to make it an instrument of war, and therefore to obtain the exclusive use of it on either side.—It is for the fraudulent purposes to which it may be adopted that they contend for it with so much eagerness.—Ask one of these combatants what he means by a republican, and he will tell you "a friend to the Washington Administration, and an enemy to that of the present time."—Ask another, and he will say directly the reverse.—The word therefore is no longer as its most obvious meaning purports, descriptive of the government under which we live—"the citizen of a republic," nor even as it is sometimes understood, indicative of a predilection in the mind, "the friend of republican government."—It is the mere badge of party—and the two parties are so equally divided that if either of them were to obtain what they are struggling for, the exclusive right to the title, from that instant the title itself would become an object of the greatest abhorrence and execration to one half of the nation.
* In the letter to the Berkeley Farmer.
"Mr. Locke in his chapter on the abuse of words says, "he that puts not constantly the same sign for the same idea, but uses the same words some times in one, and sometimes in another signification, ought to pass in the schools and conversation for as fair a man, as he does in the market and exchange, who sells several things under the same name."—The sentence is severe, because that may often be done from inattention or want of sufficient consideration, which Locke imputes altogether to design.—The President of the United States speaking on a solemn occasion, of his countrymen, said, "we are all Republicans." On another occasion nearly at the same period he made it a subject of self-congratulation, that he was the person in whom the republican portion of his fellow-citizens principally confided.—I shall not pass upon that gentleman the censure of Mr. Locke, because I will not impute evil intentions unnecessarily; but certainly the word was not used both times in the same sense.—In the letter it was meant to designate a fact.—In the speech the sentiment was more correct, as it was uttered at a moment when the contracted dictates of party spirit had yielded to juster and more liberal feelings.—If we are not all heart republicans, at least an immense majority both of the party which supported and of the party which opposed him are so.—So the great mass of our countrymen will remain, until the increasing corruption of their morals, and the lettering rancour of their dissensions shall craze them into a civil war, or a dissolution of their union.—These events indeed, as far as human foresight can calculate are inseparable from each other—and civil wars are the waters of Lethe to all established systems of government.—What the issue of a civil war in this country would be, the feeling heart refuses to enquire, and the most capacious mind is inadequate to portend. If it should terminate in the utter execution of the word Republic, and in rendering the name of a republican as universally odious as it is now universally popular, the revolution will excite no surprise in the minds of those who have studied human nature in history, and observed her in the lapse of our own times.—But if this view of the possibilities of futurity is founded upon an erroneous estimate of the present, if the people of America, are in reality becoming from day to day purer, wiser, more enlightened and more benevolent one to another, then there is reason to conclude that the glance of Mr. Samuel Adams into the fortunes of our posterity was of a keener eye and a more comprehensive intellect than that of his correspondent. When Horace laid to the Romans.
Damnosus quid non imminuit dies? Atlas parentum, peior avis, tulit Nos nequiores, mos daturus Progeniem vitiosior em.
"The lips of the poet were touched with the living coal of prophetic inspiration—He had lived to witness the transition of a mighty nation from republicanism to a military despotism, by civil War.—It is a pleasing theory that these gradations are in our age and country inverted, and that instead of sliding downwards into depravity, we are rapidly soaring to Angelic perfection.—To those who prefer the loveliness of the doctrine to the harshness of reality; who think it better to err with Plato than go right with others, there can be no hesitation in the choice.—Others will wait for the decision of time, and confess that hitherto the event has rather tended to realize the more unfavorable prognostication."
[Translated for the Daily Advertiser.]
NATIONAL FARM FOR AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS IN FRANCE.
The French nation has an experimental farm for agricultural experiments at Rambouillet, distant ten leagues from Paris. This farm is fifteen hundred acres in extent, and supports the valuable flock of neat-cattle, horses, sheep, and other domestic animals kept for improving their respective breeds. We publish the following account of the flock of the Spanish sheep now kept there, as being more immediately connected with the interests of the United States; it is extracted from a more detailed account forwarded from the hon. Robert R. Livingston, our minister plenipotentiary at Paris, to Dr. Mitchell, dated June 1, 1802.
"The sheep-cot, which is the most in-
teresting object at Rambouillet, is detached from the farm-house only a few hundred paces. It was formerly a breeding place for pheasants. It is a building consisting of four large galleries, connected at their extremities. The racks and mangers are on the two sides. The sheep-cot is floored and well ventilated. Litter is very plentiful. The place is neither cold nor hot, nor is any bad smell perceptible on going into it.
It is only six days since the lambs began to be yeaned, and there are already sixty of them. It is at Rambouillet where one must go to view the true Spanish race of sheep. These fine creatures have bodies of an extraordinary beauty. The pains which are always taken to prevent their receiving the ram before the third year, gives them a chance to have a full growth and development of parts which are in common cases prevented by too early or premature gestations. They are remarkably strong, square, and low upon the legs. Those which give suck or which are almost ready to bring forth, have their udders distended and their teats hanging almost like little cows.—They afford abundances of milk, though they live upon dry fodder all the winter. The second cuttings of clover and lucerne are their only forage.
Each sheep, besides his two pounds of lucerne, eats about half a pound of oats with (laballe) of corn. In the evening some straw is put into the rack to amuse them during the night, but this is not calculated on as any part of their nourishment. In winter they are fed four times a day; and the flock is driven about and to walk for exercise during an hour or two, provided the rain does not prevent. The sheep are divided into four distinct flocks; to wit: the ewes, the rams of two years old and upwards; the male lambs; and the female lambs and wethers. This last flock is not at Rambouillet. The whole of these animals amounts almost to six hundred.
I was singularly struck with the beauty of the yearling rams. I think their mean weight was about eighty pounds, and they continue growing until they are three years old. The custom now, is to leave on their first fleeces until they are shorn. About a dozen lambs are shorn at the end of the year by way of experiment. This has always succeeded though it has been found that lambs well shorn the first year, full fed from the long rains of the summer, or the first frosts of the autumn, Mr. Bourgeois, the superintendent of the national farm, has confirmed by his own observations, what I myself have remarked, that it is of great importance to the beauty of the ram or sheep, that his growth should not be interrupted by any accident during the first year. Another reason for waiting to the second year before shearing, is that the ewes are worth less than the wool they yield, and the weight of the first fleece at the age of eighteen months, is equal to that of the two shearing in the old way.
Out of about sixty rams, I observed a dozen of excellent shape. As to the fineness of wool, there is but a small difference among them; for none but superfines are kept in the establishment. The horns are not cut as they used to be, unless they are too close to hurt their heads. It has been found that purchasers prefer rams with their horns entire. These rams are singularly mild and tractable.—They collect around those who enter their fold, and never pretend to butt. They may be caught and examined without the least difficulty, but they attack one another and fight with fury. Sometimes there are twenty battles at once in their enclosure. M. Delorme, the first shepherd at Rambouillet, said at such times, instead of attempting to part them, he found it necessary to get out of the way, and take care of himself. The ewes are more shy and hard to catch, when you wish to examine them. The keeper called our attention to those which had not been shorn for thirty months, and are under the experiment for ascertaining what will be the condition of the fleece at the end of three years. The wool is seven inches long, and licks on as freely as if it was only one year old. These two sheep do not suffer from the weight of their fleeces; but neither of them is very thick. There are a number of remarks on feeding, stalling and keeping this breed of sheep; and of the management of another flock lately introduced from Perpignan in Spain, which we may probably offer to our readers on a future occasion.
Mr. Livingston has already sent over some of this breed of sheep, as the most valuable present he could make to this country.
[We have received a copy of a very interesting publication lately printed in London, entitled "Letters from his excellency General Washington, to Arthur Young, Esq., F. R. S." Not doubting that any thing from the pen of Washington, especially on the important subject of Agriculture, will be universally interesting to our readers, we shall present copious extracts. The first extract we shall publish, relates to the Potomac, and the lands in its vicinity.]
"Philadelphia, Dec. 5, 1791.
SIR,
"In a letter which I addressed to you on the 15th of August, acknowledging the receipt of your favour dated the 25th of January preceding, I promised to answer the queries contained in it, in detail. Accordingly I took measures for that purpose, by writing to some of the most intelligent farmers in the states of New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia; as you will perceive by the circular letter herewith enclosed; and have obtained the answers from the three last-mentioned states,* that are thereunto annexed. I did not extend my inquiries to the northward of New-York, nor to the southward of Virginia; because in neither extremity of the Union, in my opinion, is the climate, soil, or other circumstances, well adapted to the pursuits of a mere farmer, or congenial to the growth of the smaller grains.
"I have delayed the information I am about to give you, in expectation of receiving answers which have been promised me from the states of New-York, and New-Jersey; but as they are not yet arrived, and a vessel is on the point of sailing for London, I shall put this packet under cover to Joshua Johnson, Esq., our consul at that port; with a request to him, that it may be forwarded to you by a safe conveyance. The others shall follow as opportunities may present, it being my wish to give you a comprehensive view of the different parts of this country; although I have no hesitation in giving it at the same time as my opinion, that if I had a new establishment to make in it, it would be, under the knowledge I entertain of it at present (and I have visited all parts, from New-Hampshire to Georgia inclusively), in one of the three states of which you are furnished with particular accounts. New-York and New-Jersey do not differ much in soil, or climate, from the northern parts of Pennsylvania. Both are pleasant, and both are well improved, particularly the first. But the country beyond these, to the eastward (and the farther you advance that way, it is still more so), is unfriendly to wheat, which is subject to a blight or mildew, and of late years, to a fly, which has almost discouraged the growth of it. The lands, however, in the New-England states, are strong, and productive of other crops;—are well improved;—populously settled;—and as pleasant as it can be in a country fast locked in snow several months in the year.
"To the southward of Virginia, the climate is not well adapted to wheat; and less and less so as you penetrate the warmer latitudes;—nor is the country so thickly settled, or well cultivated. In a word, as I have already intimated, was I to commence my career of life anew, I should not seek a residence north of Pennsylvania, or north of Virginia; nor (but this I decline may be received with great caution, for I may, without knowing I am so, be biased in favor of the river on which I live), should I go more than 25 miles from the margin of the Potomac. In less than half that distance, in some places, I might seat myself either in Pennsylvania, Maryland, or Virginia, as local circumstances might prompt me.
"Having said thus much, some of the reasons which lead to this opinion, may be expected in support of it.
"Potomac river, then, is the centre of the Union. It is between the extremes of heat and cold. It is not so far to the south, as to be unfriendly to grain; nor so far north as to have the produce of the summer consumed in the length, and scarcity of the winter. It waters that soil, and runs in that climate, which is most congenial to English grains, and most agreeable to the cultivation of them. It is the river, more than any other, in my opinion, which must, in the natural progress of things, connect by its inland navigation (now nearly completed 150 measured miles up to Fort Cumberland, at the expence of 59,000 l. sterling, raised by private subscription), the Atlantic states
* See the paper alluded to at the end of this letter.
with the vast region which is populated (beyond all conception) to the wellward of it. It is designated by law for its seat of the empire; and must, from its extensive course through a rich and populous country, become in time the grand emporium of North America. To these reasons may be added, that the lands within, and surrounding the district of Columbia, are as high, as dry, and as healthy, as any in the United States; and that those above them, in the counties of Berkeley, in Virginia; Washington, in Maryland; and Franklin, in Pennsylvania (adjoining each other), at the distance of from 60 to 100 miles from Columbia, are inferior in their natural state, to none in America. The general map of North America, which is herewith inclosed, will show the situation of this district of the United States; and in EVAN's map of the middle colonies, which is on a larger scale, I have marked the district of Columbia with double red lines; and the counties adjacent to, and above it, of which particular mention has been made, with single red lines. The last-mentioned map shows the proximity of the Potomac (which is laid down from actual survey) to the western waters; and it is worthy of observation, that the Shenandoah, in an extent of 150 miles from its confluence, through the richest tract of land in the state of Virginia, may (as is supposed) be made navigable for less than 2000 l. The fourth branch of Potomac (100 miles higher up,) and for 100 miles of its extent, may be made navigable for a much less sum, and the intermediate waters on the Virginia side, in that proportion, according to their magnitude. On the Maryland side (the river Potomac, to the head of the north branch, being the boundary between the two states), the Monocacy and Conogocheague, are capable of improvement to a degree which will be convenient and beneficial to the inhabitants of that state, and to parts of Pennsylvania.
"The local, or state taxes, are enumerated in the answers to the circular letter; and these, from the nature of the government, will probably decrease. The taxes, of the general government will be found in the revenue laws, which are contained in the volume that accompanies this letter. The Pennsylvania Mercury, and Philadelphia Price Current, are sent, that you may see what is, and has been, the prices of the several enumerated articles which have been bought and sold in this market at different periods, within the last twelve months.
"An English farmer must entertain a contemptible opinion of our husbandry, or a horrid idea of our lands, when he shall be informed that not more than eight or 10 bushels of wheat is the yield of an acre; but this low produce may be ascribed, and principally too, to a cause which I do not find touched by either of the gentlemen whose letters are sent to you, namely, that the aim of the farmers in this country, (if they can be called farmers) is, not to make the most they can from the land, which is, or has been cheap, but the most of the labour, which is dear; the consequence of which has been, much ground has been scratched over, and none cultivated or improved as it ought to have been: whereas a farmer in England, where land is dear, and labour cheap, finds it his interest to improve and cultivate highly, that he may reap large crops from a small quantity of ground. That the last is the true, and the first an erroneous policy, I will readily grant; but it requires time to conquer bad habits, and hardly any thing short of necessity is able to accomplish it. That necessity is approaching by pretty rapid strides.
"If from these communications you shall derive information or amusement, it will be but a small return for the favours I have received from you; and I shall feel happy in having had it in my power to render them. As they result from your letter of the 25th of January, and are intended for your private satisfaction, it is not my wish that they should be promulgated as coming from me.
"With very great esteem,
I am, Sir,
Your most obedient and very humble servant,
"G. WASHINGTON.
"Arthur Young, Esq."
"Mount Vernon, 6th August, 1786.
SIR,
"I have had the honor to receive your letter of the seventh of January from Bradfield-Hall, in Suffolk, and thank you for the favour of opening a correspondence, the advantages of which will be so much in my favor.
* A very pointed observation, and clearly explanatory—A. Y.

As I have never been amongst the favor & amusements of my life, though I never possessed much skill in the art; and have years' total inattention to it, has added nothing to a knowledge which is best understood from practice; but with the means you have been so obliging as to furnish me, I shall return to it (though rather late in the day) with hope and confidence.
The system of agriculture (if the epithet of system can be applied to it) which is in use in this part of the United States, is as unproductive to the practitioner as it is ruinous to the land-holder. To it is peculiarly adhered to. To forsake it; to pursue a course of husbandry which is altogether different and new to the gazing multitude, ever averse to novelty in matters of this sort, and much attached to their old customs, requires resolution; and without a good practical guide, may be dangerous; because, of the many volumes which have been written on this subject, few of them are founded on experimental knowledge or veritable, contradictory, and bewildering. Your Annals shall be this guide. The plan on which they are published gives them a reputation which inspires confidence; and for the favor of sending them to me, I pray you to accept my very best acknowledgments. To continue them, will add much to the obligation.
To evince with what avidity, and with how little reserve, I embrace the polite and friendly offer you have made me, of liquidating me with "Men, cattle, tools, feeds, or any thing else that may add to my rural amusement," I will give you, Sir, the trouble of providing, and sending to the care of WAXMAN WILSON, Esq. of London, merchant, the following articles.
[The letter closes with an enumeration of them, and various observations of a local or temporary nature.]
Mount Vernon, in Virginia, 13th of Nov. 1786. SIR, The inclosed is a duplicate of the letter I had the honor of writing to you the 6th of August.
The evil genius of the vessel by which it was sent (which had detained her many weeks in this country, after the letters intended to go by her were ready, agreeably to the owner's appointment, pursued her to sea, and obliged the captain (when many days out), by the leaky condition in which she appeared, to return to an American port. The uncertainty of his conduct with respect to the letters, is the apology I offer for giving you the trouble of the inclosed.
Since the date of it, I have had much satisfaction in perusing the Annals of Agriculture, which you did me the honor to send me. If the testimony of my approbation, Sir, of your uninterreced conduct and perseverance, in publishing to useful and beneficial a work (than which nothing, in my opinion, can be more conducive to the welfare of your country), will add ought to the satisfaction you must feel from the conscious discharge of this interesting duty to it, I give it with equal willingness and sincerity.
In a subsequent letter, he says "I am now preparing materials to build a barn precisely agreeable to your plan, which I think an excellent one." Before I undertake to give the information you requested, respecting the arrangements of farms in this neighborhood, &c. I must observe that there is, perhaps, scarcely any part of America, where farming has been less attended to than in this state. The cultivation of tobacco has been almost the sole object with men of landed property, and consequently a regular course of crops have never been in view. The general custom has been, first to raise a crop of Indian corn (maize) which, according to the mode of cultivation, is a good preparation for wheat; then a crop of wheat; after which the ground is respited (except from weeds, and every trash that can contribute to its foulness) for about eighteen months; and so on, alternately, without any dressing, till the land is exhausted; when it is turned out, without being sown with grass-seeds, or any method taken to restore it; and another piece is ruined in the same manner. No more cattle is raised than can be supported by lowland meadows, swamps, &c. and the tops and blades of Indian corn; as very few persons have attended to sowing grasses, and connecting cattle with their crops. The Indian corn is the chief support of the labourers and horses. Our lands, as I mentioned in my last letter to you, were originally very good; but use, and abuse, have made them quite otherwise.
The above is the mode of cultivation on which has been generally pursued here, but the system of husbandry which has been found so beneficial in England, and which must be greatly promoted by your valuable Annals, is now gaining ground. There are several (among which I may class myself), who are endeavouring to get into your regular and systematic course of cropping, as fast as the nature of the business will admit; so that I hope in the course of a few years, we shall make a more respectable figure.
* The plan of the barn is engraved. See Annals, vol. xvi. p. 149.
as farmers, than we have hitherto done. "P. S. I observe in the sixth volume of your Annals, there is a plate and description of Mr. WILSON's mill, for separating the grain from the heads of corn. Its utility or inutility has, undoubtedly, been reduced to a certainty before this time; if it possesses all the properties and advantages mentioned in the description, and you can from your own knowledge, or such information as you entirely rely on, recommend it as a useful machine, where labourers are scarce, I should be much obliged to you to procure one for me, to be paid for and forwarded by Mr. WILSON, provided it is so simple in its construction, as to be worked by ignorant persons, without danger of being spoiled (for such only will manage it here), and the price of it does not exceed £15. as mentioned in the Annals, or thereabouts."
(To be continued.)
New Invention.
The Improved Saw-Mill, for which the subscriber has obtained a Patent. This improvement saves the sawyer much labour, and the work is also much more expeditious. The log being flatted, turned down, and the saw flatted, the whole operation proceeds without further manual aid; for, the instant the cut is finished, the log moves back, and at the same time is gauged to the utmost exactness by the machine, ready for another cut in two thirds of a minute. The saw resumes its action in the log, and thus moves in alternate succession until the whole be cut up in any given dimensions, at which time the mill shuts us if required, or at any number of cuts for which the sawyer prepares, for his attendance is unnecessary.
Any person or persons inclining to purchase the privilege of erecting this valuable and simple machine, or of making the improvement, which may readily be affixed to any saw Mill already in use, will please to apply to the subscriber at West Brandywine Bridge, on the Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpike road, Pennsylvania; or by application to Dr. Thornton, City of Washington, who is complete operating model may be seen which saws in the most exact manner, and performs all the various movements of a large saw mill. He will also furnish the drawings and description.
In consequence of numerous applications from persons whose saw-mills are not in constant operation, and to render the benefit more extensive, I have thought it proper to reduce the price of the privilege to fifty dollars; and I will return twenty dollars to every person who has already purchased the improvement at one hundred, that no discrimination may be made. The improvement may cost about twenty dollars. The castings may be had already executed, at the City of Washington, at prime cost.
MOSES COATES. August 2, 1802.
JUST PUBLISHED,
And for sale by the Publisher, at his Conveyancing office President's Square, City of Washington, Vol. 2d of his Digest of the Laws of the U. States. Price £1 2 dollars, or 2 dollars full bound and lettered. District of Columbia to wit.
BE IT remembered that on the eleventh day of September eighteen hundred and two, in the 27th year of the Independence of the United States of America, THOMAS HENRY of the said District has deposited in this office the title of a Book the right whereof he claims as author in the words following to wit: "A Digest of the laws of the United States of America, being a complete system, alphabetically arranged of all the Acts of Congress now in force from the commencement of the Federal Government, to the end of the first session of the Seventh Congress which terminated in May 1802, inclusive. By THOMAS HENRY of Washington City, Conveyancer. Vol. II. in conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and books to the authors, and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned."
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office the eleventh day of Sept. 1802. URIAH FORRESTER, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia held for the county of Washington. Sept. 13, 1802.
NOTICE.
Was Lost, in George Town or the City, on Monday the sixth inst. a Red Morocco pocket book, with sundry notes and papers, of no use to any person but the owner, viz. one note drawn on William Bruff in my favour for 438 dollars, cents not recollected, due on the 15th of this inst. One ditto of 478 dollars, cents not recollected, due on the 15th of December next. One ditto on Isaac Loising for 24 dollars 60 cents on sixty days, dated 2d of August last, with sundry other notes and papers of no use to any one but myself. Any person finding and giving notice of the same to the subscriber, living in Bladensburg, or to Samuel McEntire in the City, shall be generously rewarded. EBENEZER ELIASON. Sept. 13, 1802.
Tennessee Company.
THOSE interested in the Company, and who have not signed the deed of trust, are hereby notified, that the subscriber will attend at the City of Washington on the 20th of December next, to give them an opportunity of complying with this regulation of the company. JAMES STRAWBRIDGE, May 26, 1802.
Foreign Intelligence.
Per ship Two Friends, captain Vose, from London. LONDON, July 23.
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
Paris, July 21.
The politicians here as well as at London are full of the scheme of dividing the Turkish Empire, supposed to be on the eve of execution. Some time ago you were informed in a letter from Paris that French troops were about to embark for the Morea. I am assured from various quarters that 11 000 men have actually sailed from the ports of Italy on this destination. A very short time since 5000 failed from Leghorn, and it was not concealed there that they were going to take possession of the Morea. People expect soon to hear of the success of this expedition. It is well known here that the French government has left no intrigue unemployed to gain over the Court of Petersburg to the plan, and the other great Courts of Europe must of course secure advantages in this partition. England alone will derive none; and while her rival obtains every species of aggrandizement, she will be obliged to acquiesce. Indeed the French government is at little pains to conceal the slender esteem in which the present administration of England is held. The "system of firmness and conciliation" of which ministers talked so much, is treated with ridicule. The people of England are not aware how much the nation loses in the eyes of foreigners, how much the legitimate influence of our country is impaired by the character of its sovereignty universally ascribed to the minister. I am thoroughly convinced that Bonaparte, if he had let his mind on any scheme of ambition, however desperate or unprincipled, would be as little retarded in his design by the remonstrances of England as by those of the Duke of Wirttemberg, or the Syndics of the City of Hamburg. I could give strong instances of the little respect with which the French government treats the respectable Mr. Adington.
It is reported, however, that these movements of the French in the Levant have made some impression on the English government, and I am informed on good authority that orders have been sent out not to evacuate Malta.
It is generally believed here that the firm and names of government will undergo a speedy change. The article in the Bulletin de Paris, a paper which is conducted, it is said, by Regnaud de St. Jean d'Angely, a Councillor of State, seems to have been intended to prepare men's minds for it. This or any change whatever which Bonaparte may desire will be effected without difficulty. Bonaparte is supposed to have taken Charlemagne, for his model, and he is desirous to combine his personal glory with the restoration of the empire of that Prince, a plan that is so calculated to dazzle the people of France, and to flatter their vanity. All this is very well for Bonaparte, who with Lecks and copies that seem to betray a little mind, possesses a capacity of the most unbounded compass, a true spirit of command, and an unparalleled vigour and perseverance in the pursuit of his objects; but who will hold together the mighty empire of this modern Alexander? What is to be the end of all this? My every Frenchman asks with disgust. It is possible that an authority so personal to the individual, a government founded on no solid basis, which has shrunk no root, or acquired no solidity, can expire without a convulsion, or be transferred without a struggle? It is well for the French that they are not much troubled about the future.
In the mean time the Parisians amuse themselves as they have done for ages, in making calambours and epigrams at the expense of their rulers. In the Court of the Palace of the Tuileries the gate is adorned with several gilt cocks, emblematic of the Gauls. The ways say that the cocks are very well for such a Basz-Court. The Venetian horses have been placed in the same foot, and it is observed that it is to the Bean harms that France is indebted for these superb horses.
JULY 27.
The produce of colonies belonging to other countries are admitted into France under the following regulations and duties, viz.
The productions of foreign colonies, enumerated in the subjoined tariff, shall pay the duties stated in that tariff. These duties shall be paid on the arrival of the said productions, unless they are placed in actual entrepot, in which state they cannot remain longer than one year.
The merchandise placed in entrepot shall pay only a countervailing duty on importation, and shall be exempted from any duty on re-exportation.
On being removed from the entrepot to the interior, the following duties must be paid:
Table with 2 columns: Item, Price. Brown Sugar, the 5 myriagrammes (or 105lb. of the old French weight) 22 50.
Table with 2 columns: Item, Price. Clayed Sugar, idem 37 50; Coffee, idem 57 50; Cocoa, idem 37 50; Refined Sugar, idem 50 0; Indigo, idem 7 50; Cotton, idem 1 50; Cilla, idem 4 50; Ginger, idem 4 50; To-to-gnell, idem 22 50; Mahogany, and wood for inland work, idem 7 50; Day Hides, per skin 0 40; Liquors, per litre 1 50.
AUGUST 2.
The Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic in Helvetia, has addressed the following letter to the Landman and Stadholders of the Helvetic Republic:—
"Citizen Landman and Stadholders! In your letter, dated the 13th inst. which you did me the honor of addressing to me, you desired me to explain the motives which induced the First Consul to recall immediately to France the French battalions which he had agreed to leave in Helvetia since the peace: and you desire that I may request of the First Consul to postpone the adoption of this measure, until the Helvetic Minister at Paris shall have transmitted to you such information as you have desired him to obtain concerning the same. The First Consul, Citizens, has concieved that the government of Helvetia bound, at this time, in the virtues of the Helvetic people, sufficient resources for the maintenance of public order and tranquility in Helvetia. There are the considerations which have caused the determination of the First Consul, and you ought to regard it as a pledge of his confidence in the wisdom of the Helvetic people, and the views of their government, as well as his reluctance to interfere in the domestic concerns of other nations."
"Accept, Citizens Landman and Stadholders, the sentiments of my considerations. (Signed) "VERNAC."
Proclamation of the Council of Execution of the Helvetic Republic to the Helvetic People.
"Citizens of Helvetia, the French government approves of the use you have made of your independence; and the first pledge it gives you of its esteem, is that of declaring its readiness to withdraw its troops from Helvetia. The Council of Execution has accepted of this offer."
"That great act of justice on the part of the First Consul, should call forth all your gratitude to so generous an ally. Without him, and without these troops, that are now about to depart from you, you would again have been a prey to all the horrors of anarchy."
"Now he thinks you may be relieved from the expenses which the necessity of maintaining a foreign army, had imposed upon you. Agriculture, industry, and commerce, will again flourish amongst you under the shade of Peace. The citizens shall reap the fruits of their blessings, without being obliged to part with them; and the father of a family, retiring to his habitation at night, will feel with pleasure that it contains none but his own children; every Swiss will see himself surrounded by his countrymen alone."
"But the departure of foreign troops from your country, should above all things be a cause of thanksgiving to you. You, who were stung with grief at beholding this land, so celebrated for the glorious battles of our fore-fathers, become a theatre of war for neighbouring states: You who mourned when you thought you had no longer a national will left sufficient to restrain factions, nor a government able to support itself, should now rejoice; you should open your hearts to confidence. The independence of your country, acknowledged in the stipulations of Lunneville, now obtains that privilege in substance. Helvetia again enjoys her national manners, her ancient liberty."
"But know on what conditions you are to have the blessings of independence—and what duties the confidence of the French government, and the confidence of your own government, impose on you. They command you to observe peace and concord. They require of you the sacrifice of all those regrets, of all those hopes and desires, which are no longer compatible with the existing order of things. They call on you an imperious manner to rally round the constitution, and the government which it establishes; for it is only according to the constitution, and by the government, that liberty and independence can be preserved. In supporting these, you will be able to consume a nation; in abandoning them you must perish. They will with the author of every attempt against the actual state of things may be punished in an exemplary manner."
"Such is the national will; such is the intention declared by the First Consul, on withdrawing his troops. Citizens, there exists among the governments of Europe a compact for the maintenance of peace, order, and those principles which preserve every political society. Too long have Swift disturbed foreign powers with their dissensions and it, now that those powers are disposed to take some interest in our destinies, and disorders should rise up amongst us, we must expect to face the same powers, for the sake of their own stability, taking up arms against us."
"We here declare ourselves to be the guarantors for the will of the people, consecrated by the constitution; and we have pledged ourselves to the French government, that the peace shall not be disturbed in Switzerland. Prudence in council; celerity in execution; justice to all; prompt severity against the tactics and the disturbers of public tranquility; these are, and shall ever be, the rule of our conduct."
"Given at Berne, the 20th of July, 1802."
"The Landman, President of the Council of Execution." BOLDER.
"The Secretary-Gen. MOUSSON."
August 3.
A letter received at Hall from Leghorn, dated July 7, states, that the seas in that quarter are so infested with so many Algerine and Turkish vessels, that no vessel at war with them can navigate.—A number of pirates are likewise upon the coast, supposed to be the crews of French Privateers. Two imperial vessels have been found on the coast of Sicily, one near Marfeilles, and several near Leghorn and Genoa without any reason on Board.
Private letters from Hamburg state, that a French army of 40,000 men is ordered to the left bank of the Rhine, and will penetrate into Germany, should any party trespass the limits of such countries as have been marked out for indemnities.
The Duke of Modena has at length accepted the Brisgau in compensation for losses in Italy.
Mr. Archibald Hamilton Rowan, who escaped from custody in Ireland, resides with his family at Altona, and is visited by all the persons of consideration in the neighbourhood.—Sir George Rumbold, our Charged d'Affairs at Hamburg, is mentioned as being amongst the number.
Some recent regulations have been adopted at Gibraltar, which impose on the inhabitants, who are natives of various countries, fashions of dress: compel those who wear whiskers to cut them off, with a variety of similar ordinances.
Louis XVIII. is dangerously ill at Warlaw.
ADRIANOPLE, June 17.
We experience all the evils of rebellion and military anarchy. Twenty thousand Albanians, under the orders of Hake Pacha, were charged to protect Romelia from the bands of robbers who desolated the country, and from the enterprizes of Guirgi Pacha, whom the Sublime Porte has declared a rebel, and deprived of his dignities; but Hake Pacha, instead of keeping the field with his troops, left them at Adrianople where he neglected to pay them, though he had received large sums for the purpose, and had levied contributions upon all the towns of his Pachalik. This conduct roused the spirit of insubordination in the Albanian garrison, and when they learnt that Hake Pacha was replaced in his government by Omer Pacha, they penetrated by force into the palace of the disgraced commander, and pillaged his treasure and his property.
Omer Pacha, in order to preserve Adrianople from the fresh acts of violence which the Albanians might commit, resolved to send them from the city, after having put their pay in a course of payment; but he had not time to complete this evacuation. Scarcely had he been invested with the government, when he was disgraced like his predecessor, and three thousand Albanians who remained at Adrianople, not relying any longer upon the payment, which Omer Pacha had promised them, got possession of his son, and threatened the city with pillage; but were forced at length to retire.
But the removal of the Albanians cannot ensure the safety of Adrianople. They have announced, that they will not release Omer's son, till they have received their pay, and the unhappy father has already in effectually delivered up to them all his treasures, without being able to complete the ransom of his son.
The country round Adrianople is now at the mercy of his garrison; they revenge themselves upon the scattered and defenceless inhabitants for the disappointment they experienced themselves in their designs upon the city. They communicate their spirit of revolt to the other Albanian troops, to whom the defence of Romelia had been entrusted, and in the midst of these seditions movements, the party of the rebel Guirgi Pacha increases daily.
This chief is only seven leagues from Adrianople; it is said that he has already eight thousand Albanians with him, who, under pretence of arrears of pay being due to them, have formed the plan of attacking this city, if we do not ransom it by a contribution of eight thousand pounds. The bands of robbers assemble again—Adrianople is putting itself in a state of defence; and the inhabitants are

resolved upon a vigorous defence. But if the country be ravaged, if the communications be cut off, if the Porte cannot adopt efficacious measures for our protection, nor rely upon the fidelity and discipline of the troops to whom our defence is entrusted, it is difficult for us to look to the future, without the deepest anxiety.
Moniteur. We learn from the frontiers of Turkey, that Adrianople is in the power of the rebels of Roumelia, and that 20,000 Janissaries have been assembled in halting at Constantinople, to oppose their further progress. It is added, that these troops committed at Constantinople, the greatest excesses, and that every measure was in consequence adopted to accelerate their departure.
Citizen Francaise, July 24. LONDON, July 19. A letter from Cadiz of the 30th of June, states, that their disputes with the Regency of Algiers are amicably adjusted—a treaty of peace was signed on the 19th instant between the two governments—and hopes are entertained that a similar treaty will shortly be concluded with the Regency of Tunis. The preservation of the commercial & political liberties of Hamburg, which has been fully confirmed by Senate Decrees, who has returned hither from Paris, has occasioned the greatest joy in that city. Bonaparte, in his first interview with the Syndic, is stated to have behaved with uncommon haughtiness, terming Hamburg a Nest of Rapine, and the members of its government, pitiful and pusillanimous freebooters.
LONDON, July 19. The fete of the 14th July produced, as we expected, nothing remarkable at Paris. We learn that a military spectacle, followed by a grand levee & public dinner, at which nothing particular occurred, and an illumination at night, formed the whole of the celebration. No changes in the Constitution were announced, neither did any step of a political nature take place. So little did the Parisian Journalists think of this Fete, which some of the London Press have raised into importance, that on the 15th they scarcely notice it. The Proclamation, of which we insert a copy, was distributed in the streets. It praises the day Anniversary of the French Revolution; but Bonaparte cannot approve in his heart of the insurrection in 1789, which overthrew the Government. It opened the way for him to the throne; it is true; but having attained his seat, he must dread a popular spirit of commotion, especially as the Temple contains more victims than ever groaned in the Bastille. Perhaps the day, was not thought worthy of being distinguished in a more brilliant manner, or by any great events. Far different, however, may be the result of the entertainment to be given to the Military Deputies at Versailles. They are the Representatives of the only people whom Bonaparte regards with anxiety. The toasts to be drunk at the dinner may be calculated to draw forth those expressions of opinion, which take place in England when the King meets his Parliament, though they may be made in a less solemn manner. Here the Chief Consul and his agents may feel the pulse of the army, in regard to the objects he has in view, and impress them with a sense of the policy of adopting those changes in the Constitution which he meditates.
PARIS, July 22. Copy of the letter of the Minister of the Interior, to General Jourdan, dated July 2. Citizen Counsellor of State, annexed, I address to you a decree of the Consul, which grants an amnesty for all the political offences which have taken place in the departments of the 27th military division. The First Consul, in ordering me to address it to you, charges me to direct you to observe, that this is the moment for publishing and putting in execution this decree, inasmuch as the King of Sardinia has now, for the second time, renounced the crown, and thereby released the Piedmontese from their oath of allegiance. Doign, Citizen Counsellor of State, to announce to me the receipt of this letter, and to inform me of what you have done in consequence.
Decree of the Consuls of the 29th June. Art. 1. That a general amnesty be proclaimed for all political delinquencies within the six departments, of the 27th military division. 2. That there shall not be made out for the aforesaid six departments, a list of emigrants. 3. That all absent individuals, those even who fill diplomatic situations under the ci-devant Prince, be allowed to return to their respective homes, and that they have until the 23d of September next, granted unto them for that purpose. 4. That such shall make declaration before the Prefect of their department, that they renounce all intercourse with the House of Savoy, with all foreign powers, and they shall take the oath of allegiance to the constitution of the French people.
5. That those, who, from ill health, or other substantial reasons, cannot return on or before the said 23d of September next, 1802, shall make the above specified declaration before the French Agents, in the countries where they may happen to be. 6. That such as, after the 23d of September, shall willfully remain abroad, shall be declared banished men, and their property confiscated in consequence.
(Translated from the "Journal du commerce" of July 27th, for the Mercantile Advertiser.) Havre, 24 July, 1802.
Great examples are never lost; they perpetuate themselves in a place devoted to commerce; they are put in general practice and become a law, from which it would be dangerous to deviate. It will ever be remembered with gratitude, that the principal of the house of Gullow, Brothers, Carmichael and Co. received in the year 1790 a packet-boat from London, to acquaint him with the disasters of St. Domingo. He hastened to the municipality to invite the magistrates to make the news public, and on his part he lent to all the counting-house, advising to stop all sales. Thence, no person could profit by the public calamity. Yesterday morning, at four o'clock, Messrs. Hottinguer and Co. represented by M. Bourlet, their partner, received from the principal of the House in Paris, a courier, announcing to them the arrest of the Consul of the 3d Thermidor (22d July). Whereupon Mr. Bourlet immediately employed himself in writing Circulars for all the commercial houses; and at seven o'clock they were all informed that government had fixed the fate of the commerce of our colonies. This reputable action has excited the admiration and the acknowledgements of our place. The above arrest has filled with joy all the merchants, and will give to maritime operations a firm direction and an activity heretofore unknown.
ARRESTE of the 3d Thermidor, year 10. The Consuls of the Republic, upon the report of the Ministers of the Interior and of Finances; having seen the law of the 29 Floreal, Year 10, the Council of State being heard, Decree.
TITLE FIRST. Of the Product of the French Colonies. Art. I. The duties on the produce of the French colonies shall be collected conformable to the Tariff annexed to the present Number I. II. The admission of said produce shall take place only through the ports of Nice, Toulon, Marseille, Geste, Bayonne, Bordeaux, Rochelle, Laroche, Nantes, Lorient, Brest, Morlaix, Saint-Malo, Cherbourg, Rouen, Honfleur, Havre, Dieppe, Saint-Valery, St. Sumner, Boulogne, Calais, Dunkirk, Ostend, and Antwerp. III. The duties designated in the Tariff by the name of duties of entry shall be paid on the arrival. IV. The products subjected to the duty designated in the Tariff by the name of duty of consumption , shall enjoy the privilege of the Entrepot on giving bonded security for re-exporting the same within the year, or to pay said duty. V. The said products taken from the entrepot to be sent to foreign countries, shall pay no additional duty. VI. There shall be paid to Sugar-Refiners, for sugars refined in France, and which shall be exported to foreign countries, a bounty of 25 francs per five myriagrammes, &c. VII. Merchandizes not enumerated in the Tariff annexed to the present; on being proved to proceed from the growth of French merchandise, shall pay one half of the duties imposed on the same articles coming from foreign countries.
TITLE II. Of the Product of foreign Colonies. VIII. The foreign colonial products designated in Tariff Number II, annexed to the present shall be subjected to the duties affixed thereto. IX. These duties shall be paid on the arrival, unless the merchandizes be put in real entrepot, which cannot exceed one year. X. This entrepot can take place only at the ports where such shall have been established. XI. The said products, which will be admitted to entrepot, shall pay at the time of entry, no more than the duty of the balance of commerce; and in case of re-exportation, they shall be exempt from all export duties. On being taken from the entrepot to be sent to the interior, they shall pay the duties affixed to the Tariff Number II. [The Tariff of Duties referred to in the above article will appear in the Mercantile Advertiser tomorrow.]
VIENNA, July 3. Austria begins to hold an important rank among Commercial maritime Powers, and to take advantage of the ports which she has acquired in the Mediterranean. We learn from Constantinople, that forty Austrian merchant vessels have arrived there, and have given new activity to the commerce of that City. An American company has been estab-
lished at Trieste, for the purpose of trading to Sierra Leone. They have just equipped a new vessel of 400 tons, called the Arch Duke Charles.
GENOA, July 2. The intelligence we have received from Algiers for some weeks past is exceedingly disagreeable. About the beginning of May, the Regency sent out eleven corsairs of different sizes, viz. two frigates, one of 46 guns, and the other of 36; four chebecs, two polacres, two Schooners, and a brig; and it is known that they have already taken nine considerable prizes in the course of six weeks, namely, five Neapolitan vessels, two Spanish, one English, one Genoese, and a Portuguese frigate. The privateers have even stopped two French brigs, under a pretence that they were not provided with passports; and it was only after some strong remonstrances that the agent of the Republic was able to obtain their release. There is no doubt that the French government will take some notice of this conduct of the Regency, and demand reparations.
There is reason to believe also, that it will interfere in the affair of the two Neapolitan vessels, because the Republic is immediately interested in the circumstance of their capture. One of them had been dispatched from Gouff by the French agent in the Republic of the Seven Isles, with a cargo destined for the service of the French army in the kingdom of Naples. The agent of the Republic at Algiers being informed of the circumstance, which was carefully concealed from him, desired to see the dispatches of which that vessel was the bearer; they were refused him; and the efforts he made to cause the prize to be given up, were attended with no other success than that of obtaining the liberty of some passengers who were on board. In regard to the Neapolitan captain, his fate is truly deplorable, and he still groans in the most cruel captivity.
The other Neapolitan vessel, which sailed from Marseille with a cargo of hemp, was taken in sight of the Hieres Isles; the crew consisted of 21 men of 21 of them, it seems, was drowned in attempting to escape—two succeeded in getting on shore, and gave in their deposition; the other 18 were conducted as slaves to Algiers. The captain demanded the interference of the French agent, and the affair is now under discussion.
The English prize excited a violent altercation between the Regency and the English consul. The Regency pretended that the admiralty pass which the captain produced was forged, because the vignette represented a vessel with lattice sails, whereas the vessel seized was square rigged. The consul wished to send notice of the seizure to the British government; but this was refused, and the port shut. The affair is not decided, and the vessel is still detained. The French consul has remonstrated with great firmness, and threatened hostilities if the vessel be not restored with proper indemnities.
Of all these prizes, the most remarkable is that of the Portuguese frigate la Cygne, of 44 guns, and 350 men, which was captured on the 7th of May, at the entrance of the Gut of Gibraltar, by an Algerine frigate of the same force and about 420 men. The Portuguese suffered themselves to be surprised, at least we must believe so. The Algerines came upon them with a press of sail, fired a few shot and then boarded. The Portuguese captain, the lieutenant and 36 men, were killed. If they were not deficient in courage, they certainly were in foresight and skill. The rest of the Portuguese were thrown into the hold naked and loaded with chains. The wounded were seven days at sea; without clothes, without nourishment, and without having their wounds dressed; when they arrived at Algiers, several of them died in consequence of their wounds having mortified.
This prize, of which there is no similar example in the annals of Algiers, excited in the city the most extravagant enthusiasm. The insolence of government has thence encited, and the Europeans can no longer appear in the streets without being exposed to the insults of the populace.
We learn at the same time that an Algerine Rais had the impudence to ill use the second officer of a small French vessel in the harbour of Tunis, and we know that in the discussions which have taken place on this subject, between the Regency and the French agent, the latter complained of the bad faith and rude behaviour of the Vekilargy. It is not believed that the French government will suffer such insults to go unpunished, and that if other powers allow their flag to be insulted, and their vessels plundered, the First Consul will inviolably protect in the Mediterranean the honor of the French flag, and maintain that security which he has promised to all commercial speculations.
NOTICE. THE Subscriber intends to petition the Washington County Court, at their next meeting, for License to keep the ferry from George Town to Virginia, known by the name of Beaty's Ferry. JOHN KENNEDY. Sept. 13, 1802. qua. i. w. f.
WASHINGTON CITY. MONDAY, Sept. 27, 1802.
Departed this life, on Friday the 24th instant, at his dwelling in New Jersey Avenue, City of Washington, Mr. John Fowles, merchant; he bore a lingering & severe illness with great fortitude.
DIED—On Friday morning, Sept. 17th, General JACOB MORGAN, at his place at Point no Point, in the northern liberties of the city of Philadelphia, in his 61st year.
We have to regret in the loss of this gentleman, another among those heroes who fought in the great cause of American independence.
At the age of fifteen he was an ensign in the army in the western parts of Pennsylvania, where he served as the adjutant of the regiment until the peace of 1763.
He then retired to the shades of private life, until the intolerant conduct of Great Britain called forth a resistance on the part of the oppressed thirteen colonies; and was among the first who stood forward in that arduous and honorable conflict, successively a volunteer and progressively till he rose to be lit major of the regiment of militia, commanded by colonel Dickinson. Those who shared in the conflicts of Trenton and Princeton, can witness his personal intrepidity, uniform bravery, and good conduct.
General Morgan was in arms until the great point of American independence was achieved; he then retired to private life for a second time, and entered into business as a merchant; he has since in several legislatures represented the county of Philadelphia, and was one of the electors on the memorable occasion of the first contest between Messrs. Jefferson and Adams who represented the voice of the people of Pennsylvania.
He had long been the Brigadier General of the County of Philadelphia.
Morgan! peace to thy ashes! A friend who knew thy virtues and thy manliness of mind—who valued thee as a veteran among the founders of national liberty—and as an example of the simplicity of life and manners which is most congenial to a virtuous republic—pays this last feeble tribute to thy memory. In the bosom of an affectionate family you can never die—the idle pomp of the world can never add one ray, or luster to the memory of such a man; or deprive you of man's best hope—a glorious immortality.
Wonderful encouragement for Federalists!
At Lewis Town, at the election for inspectors and assessor, about 200 votes were taken, out of which the democratic republican ticket had a majority of eighteen! We congratulate the state of Delaware on this auspicious event, as it proves beyond the power of contradiction the increase of genuine republican principles, more than a volume of assertion. At the last election the republican ticket had a majority of 4 or 5 only. Although slow, yet the certain progress of republicanism, will insure its final triumph. Wilmington Mirror.
LEWIS DEBLOIS, Has just received by the Brig Leopard, the following articles, which he offers for sale, on moderate terms—at his store on Stewart or Lowndes's Wharf.
Russia Sheetings, Raven Duck, India Cottons, Osnabrigs, Sweden Iron, Cordage, Sugar in Barrels, New-England Rum.
A few Casks of cut Nails, of different sizes. George Town, 2 Sept. 22, 1802. S
By virtue of an order from Montgomery County Court, to us directed, we will proceed to sell on Monday the 25th day of October next; if fair, otherwise the next fair day, on the Premises to the highest bidder, on a credit of one, two, three and four years with interest to be paid annually from the date—All the right, title and Estate of JOSEPH SIMMES, deceased, to a certain tract of land, called the Second Addition to Culvers Choice, containing 300 acres, lying on a lit- am of water called the North Well, and in Montgomery County, now in possession of his widow Catherine Simmes.
DANIEL RENTZEL } Comrs. ADAM KING } JOHN THRELKELD } Sept. 27, 1802. ept250.
Fifty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber on Sunday evening the 9th instant.
TWO NEGRO MEN, VIZ. SAM, about 21 years of age, five feet ten inches high, has been burnt in the left hand and has a stumpage in his speech. LUKE, about five feet six or seven inches high, rather of a yellow color, well set, with remarkable large bright eyes. Whoever takes up the above mentioned negroes and secures them in any convenient jail, shall have twenty five dollars for either, or the above reward for both on application to Mr. Elijah Bell, King Street, Alexandria. CALEB WEEKS. Sept. 22, 1802. 4p.
TO LET. A TWO STORY FRAME HOUSE, near the Park, the tenant will have the advantage of a well cultivated Garden. Enquire of Mr. Yossef Saul at the office of Duke, Court and Depester, Washington. Sept. 27, 1802. ff.
TO BE RENTED, On very reasonable terms, for four years and eight months.
That convenient and well finished HOUSE, lately occupied by Mr. Jones, and situated at the Corner of Tal Street and Duck Lane. Any person desirous of taking the House, may also have the Farm at a very low valuation. Enquire of Mr. James Calder, Taylor, in George Town. Sept. 24, 1802. ept6.
District of Virginia, RICHMOND, Supervisor's Office June, 30, 1802.
IT being believed that considerable portions of lands in the back counties of the state of Virginia, on which the Direct Tax of the United States remains unpaid, are owned by persons residing out of the state, and the same having been advertised, in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 16th of March last, mandatory of the act entitled "An act to lay and collect a Direct Tax within the United States," as may be seen by the notice from the Supervisor of the 2d of June last, and running in the Examiner of Richmond, that being the paper in which the laws of the state are printed, to be sold for the tax and costs, in all cases where the same shall not be paid within six months from the date of the notification, given by the 2d section of the said mandatory act; it is recommended to all who own lands in the said state, when they do not know the tax to have been paid, to take measures for having the transcripts which have been lodged at the Supervisor's Office at Richmond, as directed by the said mandatory act, examined, in order to the ascertainment & paying such tax where due. And as in some instances, lands have been assessed in the names of persons heretofore owning, but who have alienated them, it is further recommended that, upon tendering to examine the transcripts, all names known to have been at any time connected as owner or owners with any tract or tracts in question, be first inserted, the better to guide the examination. The sale will take place generally in the month of December next, on dates which may be seen in the notification referred to above. This short sketch of the business is published in some of the papers of other states as a means of more certainly calling the attention of persons concerned, to the subject. E. CARLINGTON, Supervisor of the District of Virginia Aug. 16, 1802. 12w3m.
This is to give Notice, THAT the Subscribers hath obtained from the Orphans Court of Prince George County in Maryland, letters of administration on the personal estate of James Bonfair, late of said County deceased—All persons having any claims against the said deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof to the Subscribers, at or before the 20th day of March next; they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under our hands this tenth day of September, 1802. W. TOWNSEND, Adm. JOANNA BONFAIRE, Admix. All persons indebted to the said estate are requested to make immediate payment to the Subscribers. W. T. Sept. 15, 1802. 12w4t.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or STOLEN on the night of the 7th August, from the Commons of the City of Washington.
TWO HORSES, ONE the following description, viz. the one a roan horse, about 9 years old, 14 hands high, with a star in his forehead, a rough scar on his right shoulder, just below the mane, and a remarkable large belly. The other a mare 14 hands high, a dark bay, she has a star in her forehead, long tail, and about 8 years old, on close examination, it will be discovered that one of her hips is higher than the other. The above horses were shod before. In either there is no perceptible brand or mark, whereby they might be designated, remembered. I will give the above reward for both horses, or ten dollars for either, including all reasonable charges, if delivered to Mr. WILLIAM HOLMES, City of Washington, or to the subscriber, living near Allens Ferry, Charles County, Maryland. LAWRENCE POSEY Sept. 9, 1802. 12w3t.
NOTICE.
THE creditors of Uriah Forrester, bankrupt, having appointed me the assignee of his estate and effects. All persons indebted to him, previous to the date of the commission of bankruptcy are required to make payment, and those who hold any of his property, to deliver the same to me. Mr. Forrester is authorized to make settlements of accounts and to attend to all business relating to his estate. JOHN LEWITT, Assignee. Aug. 30, 1802. 12w4.
William Kennedy, HAIR DRESSER & CUTTER, (From Europe)
RESPECTFULLY informs the ladies and gentlemen of George Town and the City of Washington, that he cuts and dresses hair, and makes the newest fashioned head dresses. Having pursued his avocation for ten years in Philadelphia, five years in Baltimore, and residing for these two years past in France, he flatters himself he cannot be excelled in the business he professes to follow. Any commands left at Mr. Benj. M'Key's, opposite the Ohio Printing-Office, will be punctiliously attended to. Aug. 16, 1802. ept6.

TO THE PUBLIC.
The Proprietors of the Charter for opening the Navigation of the Catawba and Wateree Rivers, having at length been, with much satisfaction, the completion of the Santee Canal, propose to recommence their operations for opening the Catawba and Wateree Rivers during the present year, as soon as the state of the said Rivers will permit.
In the mean while they have determined to double the number of their shares for the purpose of admitting such persons as may choose to become subscribers. The expenses which have been already incurred by the Company amount to one hundred dollars on each share of the present number, which, when doubled according to the present determination, will reduce it to fifty dollars a share.
The Charter of South-Carolina is in perpetuity, and these shares are forever exempted from any rate, tax, duty, assessment or imposition whatever. The Act of North-Carolina authorizes the Company to fix and establish a toll on all goods and merchandise, for 99 years, and exempt their shares from any rate, tax, duty, assessment or imposition whatever, for the same period of time.
The present proprietors think it a duty incumbent on them, to inform the public, that a very considerable sum is expected to be raised from the sale of vacant lands. (C.W. extend two miles on each side of the Catawba river, the whole length thereof from the North Carolina line down to Camden Ferry, a distance of not less than 120 miles, and in which is supposed are reserved to the company, not less than 58,000 or 60,000 acres) and left they should be deferred from engaging in the present navigation, by a reference to the enormous expense of the Santee Canal, the stockholders think it but just that they should declare their opinion of the improbability of the subscribers being called upon for more than 15 dollars on each share per annum, as it would be impossible for the works to be carried on longer than for about four months in the year, since the labourers will be chiefly employed in the winter.
It is further to be remarked, that the Catawba river is looked upon as the most proper site for the establishment of a magazine, foundry and arsenal, for the three Southern states, viz. North and South Carolina and Georgia; that surveys have been made, and a statement thereof forwarded on this subject some years ago, to the Secretary at war; that the state of South Carolina passed an act, authorizing a purchase by the United States, of a certain quantity of land within this state; and the Catawba company have offered to release to the United States a quantity of land on said river, for such purpose, in a fair valuation. The hour now seems to approach for such an establishment, not only because it is a time of almost profound peace throughout the world, but that the idea is revived by the President of the United States, in his message of the 2d of February, 1802, to Congress, wherein he says, "besides the permanent magazines established at Springfield, West Point, and Harper's Ferry, it is thought one should be established at some point convenient for the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, such a point will be found near the borders of the Carolinas; and some small provision by the legislature, preparatory to the establishment, will be necessary for the present year." And nature indeed has pointed out this river as the most proper place for such a magazine, from the vast quantities of ore which have been discovered on the Catawba and its two branches, and there can be no doubt but that such an abundance of metal must attract the attention of the engineer, who may be authorized to examine and determine on a proper site for this establishment, particularly as there are already several furnaces and forges on the abovenamed rivers, at some of which six pound guns have been cast and bored, equal to any ever imported or made to the northward.
The company intend for the present season, to confine their operations to the removal of the obstructions from Rocky Mount to Camden Ferry, to the opening of a road for a carrying place, and the transportation of goods, from above the Falls at Rocky Mount, down to the Old Ferry landing; to the erection of a bridge across the Rocky Creek, and to the building a boat, and establishing the Ferry, which is allowed them by law.
At a meeting of the Catawba Company, the 4th of March, 1802, two-thirds of them being present,
On motion, resolved, That the six hundred shares in the Company of the Catawba and Wateree Rivers, be subdivided into twelve hundred.
That the present proprietors be entitled to hold double the number of their present shares; and that they have besides a preference to extend the number of their shares to one for every ten to which they shall be entitled after such subdivision.
To every new subscriber who shall pay 50 dollars, shall be entitled not only to the advantages to be derived from the opening of said river; but also to a proportionate interest in the lands vested in the Company by the legislature of this State.
Resolved, That 100 shares be reserved to be offered to the state of South Carolina, and that an equal number of shares be reserved to be tendered to the state of North Carolina.
At an anniversary meeting of the Catawba Company, on Tuesday the 10th instant, the following resolves were entered into:—
That an advertisement be published, inviting persons to contract for the opening of Graves's Ford and Love's Ford to deep and wide as to admit boats drawing 2 feet 9 inches water, and 12 feet wide; also, for opening a road and carrying place, from above Rocky Mount, to the Ferry landing below, and for constructing a bridge across Rocky Creek; also, for building a Ferry Boat to ply across the river, at or near the present landing at Rocky Mount, also for surveying the vacant lands, which have been already granted them by the legislature. Such undertakers to give approved security for the faithful fulfilment of their respective contracts, and to direct their applications to the President, Judge Grimké, during the sitting of the constitutional court at Columbia, from the 19th to the 24th of April next, or to Charles Tew, the Secretary, in Charleston, on or before the 15th day of May next ensuing.
That the President do establish a correspondence with some mercantile house in Cambridge, and endeavour to obtain permission to lodge with them the monies of the Company, and that they would disburse the same, according to the directions of the Company.
That one hundred shares be offered to the citizens of North Carolina, and that they have to the first day of January next ensuing, to subscribe for such shares; and that General Davie be authorised to appoint some person or persons in that state to receive such subscriptions on the part of the Company, payable as in the following resolution:
That col. Scott, col. Hill, and John Simpson, esq. clerk of Lancaster court, be authorised to receive subscriptions from such persons as are inclined to become proprietors, and who reside within the limits of this state, and that they receive, payable to the President and Directors of the Company for opening the navigation of the Catawba and Wateree Rivers on the first day of March 1803, and they be authorised to deliver receipts for the same in the nature of scrip, in such form as the President and Directors shall appoint.
That these resolutions, with the late publication in the papers of this city, as far as the President and Directors shall deem necessary and proper, be inserted in Cox and Shepard's Gazette of this city, and in the one which is printed in Raleigh, North Carolina, by Joseph Gales, once a month until the 1st of October next.
That the solicitor of the company be instructed to adopt the most immediate measures for the recovery of such balances as appear to be due by such proprietors as have paid none of the requisitions for the last 18 months past, and that the Secretary do furnish him with a list of the names of such defaulters.
That the following mode be adopted as the uniform rule of transferring the shares of the company. "I A. B. do transfer my right to share No. forty, (the number must be in letters and not numerals) in the company for opening the navigation of the Catawba and Wateree rivers, unto C. D. for value received. Signed A. B. Witnessed by E. F. G. H. Proved on oath, before me, L. M.—J. P."
That the sum of one shilling and two pence be paid on each share, on the requisition which shall become due, on the third Tuesday of September next ensuing, and the same sum on the third Tuesday of March thereafter.
South Carolina, 1802. Received of a note payable to the President and Directors of the Company, for opening the navigation of the Catawba and Wateree rivers, for fifty dollars, which, when paid, will entitle him to be a stockholder in the said company."
TO BE RENTED,
Two or three large three story brick Houses.
SITUATED on the Capitol Hill, convenient to the Capitol—to prevent trouble it is wished that no one would apply who will not pay half the rent in advance, or who can give good security for the payment of the rent—possession to be had the first of November, application to be made to DANL. CARROLL of Dudu. Sept. 8, 1802. eptn.
Charlotte Hall School,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
THAT the Trustees on the 4th Monday of October next, if fair, or the first fair day thereafter, will contract with any person of reputable character, who will undertake the stewardship of said School for the year 1803.
Signed by order, NEALE H. SHAW, Reg. Cool Springs, St. Mary's Co. September 17, 1802. 3w.
INFORMATION.
I do hereby certify, that on the 18th July, 1802, I directed the proper officers of the customs to give a fair trial, experimentally to Mr. Dearborn's patent balance, to ascertain its correctness with the standard weights of the treasury of this state; and particularly its utility, in the facility of weighing dutiable cargoes. The surveyor and weigh master of the port, have, after various experiments, and after due examination, reported to me this day, as follows:
That they tried Dearborn's patent balance with the 50, 25, 15, 7, and 4 pounds brass legal standard weights, procured from the treasury of this state, and found the patent balance critically correct.
After several comparative trials, they report:—
That they weighed in the custom-house scales, 10 hogheads of sugar in one hour, with six hands. The same 10 hogheads of sugar were weighed in the patent balance in twenty-two minutes, with only two hands.
In the scales 34 barrels of coffee and sugar were weighed in thirty-seven minutes, with two hands. In the patent balance the same 34 barrels of coffee and sugar were weighed in twenty-two minutes, with two hands.
In the scales 15 boxes of Havanna sugar were weighed in fifteen minutes, with four hands. In the patent balance, 18 boxes of the same Havanna sugar were weighed in fifteen minutes, with two hands.
In weighing a hoghead of sugar in the scales, it required 3lbs. weight to preponderate the scale. In weighing the same hoghead of sugar in the patent balance, half a pound weight would preponderate the scale.
Two days are necessary to carry from wharf to wharf, the custom-house triangles, scales and weights, sufficient to weigh a hoghead of sugar. One day is necessary to carry the custom-house triangles, scales and weights, to weigh smaller articles. The patent balance, with its frame and weights (consisting of only two brass 32 lb. weights, and one brass 16 lb. weights) can be moved from wharf to wharf on a hand cart, with two labourers only.
Any person who understands simple addition, can in five minutes be taught the use of the patent balance.
The patent balance occupies a less space of ground on the wharf, than the triangle and scales.
The beam, scales and weights of the custom-house, were proved by this valuable patent balance, to be incorrect; and by which, as a true and just standard, the necessary adjustments are making.
The cost of the patent balance is half less than scales and weights. In all cases one third, and in heavy articles two thirds of labour is saved: and in its use in the customs, dray hire is altogether saved. Hence as respects correctness, facility in weighing, saving in the first cost, saving of labour, and from weights being always liable to injury and reduction of weight, by the removal of the lead necessary to secure the handle to the weight, (and to adjust the weight) the patent balance is rendered, in my judgement, preferable in every point of view, to the common beam scales and weights. It combines the use of the common fly-yard (without its imperfection) with the common scales, but is superior to either, from the reasons given. In a word, it is my opinion, that the patent balance requires only to be known & understood, when it will be universally used, in preference to the common beam scales and weights.
At all times it would afford me pleasure to certify the meritorious discoveries of any person—but I feel a more than ordinary pleasure on the present occasion, to give publicity to the merit of a country-man, an American.
As Dearborn's patent balances are made to weigh from one pound weight and upward, as may be required, it is in the power of every person to suit himself with a balance to weigh as much as he may choose.
Not only as justice due to merit, but as an encouragement to others, I with pleasure give this certificate, and sincerely hope that Mr. Dearborn will be as generously rewarded for his important discovery, as I feel a conviction that his discovery of the patent balance will be universally useful & beneficial to his country. Given under my hand, at the Custom-house of Charleston, this seventh day of August, 1802.
JAMES SIMONS. Collector of the Customs.
Prices of the Patent Balances, at the Manufactory.
Table with 2 columns: Beam capacity, Price. Rows include: A beam with its poizes to weigh from one pound to one hundred pounds, 4 50; Do. do. from 2 to 200 do. 10 25; Do. do. from 5 to 500 14 75; Do. do. from 5 to 800 23 75; Do. do. from 5 to 1000 27 75; Do. do. from 10 to 1500 41 50; Do. do. from 10 to 2000 54 00; Do. do. from 20 to 2000 70 50.
The above prices are for the beams and poizes only, every article of the apparatus is at a fixed price, in addition to the above, that purchasers may be suitably accommodated without paying for any article they may not want.
The following are the prices of the apparatus at the manufactory:—
A frame 7 dollars—a screw 4 dollars—a guard 1 dollar and 25 cents.
A balance weight from 2 dollars to 2 dollars and 75 cents.
A scale and skid from 8 to 12 dollars—according to the size required.
By the above general estimate, the prices of beams of any intermediate or larger size may be nearly ascertained, exclusive of the charges of transportation.
Thomas Carpenter, TAYLOR,
HAS just received an elegant and fashionable assortment of summer goods, consisting of London superfine cloths and cassimeres; India, Manchester, and silk striped nankenees; cotton cassimeres, boglepoor, Bengal elegant white chintz for pilothoon, white and coloured marcelles, janes and satin crocoves, silk ginghams, black and other coloured striped satins, &c. All which he will make up on the most reasonable terms, and in the most neat and fashionable manner—Pennsylvania Avenue, west of the President's square. May 24, 1802. eptf.
CHARLES VARDEN,
MERCHANT TAYLOR from Philadelphia, Capitol Hill, New-Jersey Avenue.
HAS received an assortment of summer goods consisting of the best superfine Cloths.
Cassimeres, Silk Bortharbes, English Striped Nankenees, White India Dimities, White and printed Marcellas, With a variety of other articles suitable for the summer season.
N. B. Lady's Habits, Regimentals and Navy uniforms, made in the first style of fashion. July 2, 1802. ef.
City Hotel, BROADWAY NEW-YORK.
THE Subscriber most respectfully informs his friends and the public, that the above Hotel will be opened on the first of May ensuing, when their patronage is earnestly solicited. He avails himself of this opportunity to return his sincere and grateful thanks to those societies, parties, and gentlemen who have given him their support, and assures them that a continuance of their favors will be a stimulus to future exertions to please; and that the utmost attention shall be given for their comfort and accommodation. Boarding may be had by the day, week, month, or year. Families travelling, may be elegantly accommodated with lodging and sitting rooms; and, if preferred, have dinners &c. in their apartments. The Hotel being so well known, it is almost needless to say, that it is situated in one of the most healthy and pleasant parts of the city; commanding an extensive view in every direction, not only of the city itself, but also of the Narrows, the North and East Rivers, the Bay of New-Jersey, York and Long-Island, &c. &c.
A handsome coffee-room will be fitted up in the principal story: where gentlemen may have tea, coffee, chocolate, soups, and refreshments in general, at the shortest notice. All the leading newspapers in the union, will be regularly taken in.
Public dinners and suppers in a plain or elegant style either for large or small parties. Also, beef steaks, oysters, &c. regularly furnished. An ordinary every day at half past 2 o'clock, by the public's obedient servant, JOHN LOVETT.
N. B. Rooms to let by the month or year. April 21, 1802. eptf.
AGREEABLY to a Deed of Trust from Anthony Addison to the Subscriber, will be offered
For Sale,
To the highest bidder, by Public Auction, at Stoll's Hotel, in the City of Washington, on Monday the 9th day of August next, all that tract of land lying and being on the Eastern Branch of the Potomac, opposite to said City called "Chichester, with addition resurveyed," containing three hundred acres.
On the above-mentioned tract of land, is the Ferry Landing, so well known by the name of "Dyer's Ferry," now in the occupation of Capt. Naylon.
The Sale to commence at 11 o'clock in the forenoon—Terms of sale cash.
Wm. BRENT, 10th A. The above sale is postponed till Saturday the 9th day of October next. Aug. 16, 1802. ts
TO RENT,
And possession given immediately,
A TWO STORY brick house on F Street near the War Office, containing two parlors, six bed rooms, and a kitchen, with an excellent garden, coach house, stable, &c.—The house is newly painted and papered; it was formerly occupied by Mr. Dexter, and lately by Mr. John Brown. Enquire of Clement Dorsey, Esq. George-Town; or of the subscriber, who has for sale a well finished three story brick house opposite the Six Buildings, and a variety of City Lots in the most eligible situations. The above House will be sold for less than any gentleman could build it. The payments will be made easy on the whole of the above property.
WILLIAM DYER. April 7, 1802. eptf. Building Materials will be taken in part payment. W. D.
Valuable property for Sale.
Will be Sold at Mr. Dougherty's Tavern, in the town of Bladensburg, on Saturday the ninth day of October, to the highest bidder, the following property, viz.
1st. THAT well improved lot of ground lately occupied by Mr. Horatio Ross—the improvements are a large convenient and well finished brick house, two stories high, having on the first floor, four handsome rooms, with fire places in each; and on the second a large and complete nursery, two bed rooms with a fire place in each, and two well finished store rooms. This lot with the garden contains about three acres of ground, and has on it all the necessary out houses—a new and complete chimney potting in lot, the front, (and a new oak and chesnut post and rail fence the garden) annexed to this lot will be sold if required about two acres of rim by meadow, from whence a fire engine of water can be never failing spring may be conducted over any part of the garden or lot, so as to supply an extensive fish pond or dairy, either of which may be constructed at a small expense; the ground being chiefly forested.
2d. That well improved lot late the property of Maj. David Ross—the improvements are a large and well finished stone house, rough casted, three handsome rooms, and a complete store room, with a fire place in each; and an entry on the first floor, three bed rooms with a fire place in each—two other small bed rooms, and a complete store room and entry on the second floor—the out houses are an excellent stable and carriage house, and corn house—an excellent stone meat house, an extensive wash house with lodging rooms for the servants, and a complete stone house and dairy, with a never failing spring of water, an excellent garden abounding with a variety of fruit and dahurbery—a nice yard in front and about three acres of meadow ground behind are annexed to this lot, as a for about half an acre of high ground, from whence the meadow may be watered the whole year round. In short both of these lots are well improved, and for their in my local advantages might at a small expense be rendered as elegant as any property in the state—There will also be sold several unimproved lots in the most central parts of the town, so divided as to accommodate purchasers.
When it is considered the property is within five miles of the capital of the United States, that the pure waters at Bladensburg which have been for some time highly esteemed, will shortly render it perhaps the most considerable watering place on the continent, every person must at once be impressed with the probable appreciation of property situated as this is. Terms of sale one and two years credit for bond, upon interests from date of sale approved security.
Sept. 8, 1802. WM. STEUART. eptf.
NOTICE.
A MEETING of the subscribers to the Little River Road Company, is called at the house of Mrs. M'Call in Leesburg, on the fourth Wednesday in September next, being the 22d of the month, in pursuance of the law, requiring that the commissioners or any four of them, shall as soon as two hundred shares are subscribed, call a meeting of the subscribers for the purpose of electing by a majority of votes, deliverers in person or by proxy, one president, four directors, one treasurer, and such other officers as they shall think necessary for well ordering and conducting the affairs of said Company.—The commissioners having obtained the necessary number of shares, avail themselves of the earliest opportunity of calling together the subscribers in conformity to the law; they recommend a personal attendance if practicable, as it may be necessary to pass some bye law and regulations for conducting the company's affairs, where that is too inconvenient it will be proper to appoint a proxy in writing, attested by one witness at least.
Wm. HARTSHORNE, JOHN T. RICKETTS, ISRAEL LACEY, BURR POWELL. Aug. 25, 1802. eptf.
MARSHAL'S SALE.
By virtue of a writ of fieri facias, issued out of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for Washington County, to me directed, I have signed and taken, and shall proceed to sell at MILLAUGHIN'S Tavern George town, on Saturday the 23d of October next, at 10 o'clock P. M.
THAT valuable house and lot in George Town, situate lying and being at the intersection of Falls and Water Streets, being part of this lot or parcel of ground, known and distinguished as No. 50, in the plan of said Town, at present occupied by Jeremiah Conner, Esq.
ALSO, Two tracts or parcels of land adjoining each other, situate, lying and being in the County of Washington, between Bladensburg and the City of Washington, known and called by the names of Scotland and Barbadoes, containing about 206 acres, at present in the occupancy of Mr. Henry Smith. The above property will be sold to satisfy debt and cost, due the Plaintiff, Directors and Company of the Bank of Columbia, by George M'Gruder.
DANL. C. BRENT, Marshal District Columbia. Sept. 17, 1802.
Looking-Glasses & Prints.
R. ATKINS, (From London) CARVIR & GILDER, ALEXANDRIA.
Respectfully informs the public, that she has for sale a large assortment of Looking-Glasses in Burnished gold frames. Dressing-Glasses, elegant and plain. Variety of Prints in elegant burnished gold frames.
Which will be sold on low terms for cash. Mrs. A. repairs & re-gilds Looking-Glasses, and framed Prints, in elegant burnished gold or plain on reasonable terms. She likewise vanishes burnished Gold Frames to prevent injury from flies. September 6.