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National Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON ADVERTISER
L. IX
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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
THE TAMMANY SOCIETY, Or Columbian Order of the City of Washington to THOMAS JEFFERSON, Grand Sachem of the seventeen united tribes of the American people.
Father!
The records of antiquity exhibit innumerable instances of wicked men aided by the Evil Spirit, who after artfully acquiring public confidence trampled upon the equal rights of their species and converted the power with which they were entrusted for the public good to their own aggrandizement and emolument. Power, thus acquired, continued to accumulate until the rights of the people were contemned and the indignant nation in attempting their recovery waded through seas of blood in the infliction of dreadful vengeance on its oppressors.
Father!
Such has been the rise, progress and termination of despotism; but the efforts thus made have too frequently failed of producing the advantages sought by the friends of liberty; for, satisfied with punishing the oppressor, the people have, too generally neglected the cause of the evil. The same course has again been run. Confidence in power has begot its abuse and adduced its ruin.
Father!
Taught by these truths, those great and excellent men (and permit us to remember with gratitude the high rank you held among them) who chased the mercenaries from our shores, and proclaimed and sustained the independence of our country, were not content with such heroic efforts. Whilst the spirit of tyranny was unchained they conceived their great work unfinished; they, therefore, un-girded their swords and devised a constitution and form of government for these tribes, which they fondly believe defined the rights of the people and prescribed limits to the despotisms of national power.
Father!
Notwithstanding the wisdom and prowess of those men, the evil spirit was not subdued. The constitution, our pride and bulwark, was disregarded, and the eye of every patriot was fixed on you alone for the safety of the ark of government. The will of the nation was announced. Its enemies were discomfited, and you, destined to save it at a most eventful period, placed in the seat of its Chief Magistracy.
Father!
The hopes entertained by the nation before your election, have since been realised. Satisfied with the station appointed by the constitution you have never attempted to extend its influence; on the contrary, you have successfully recommended the abolition of places tending to encroach on your power—of standing armies when unnecessary to the general welfare—of taxes which harassed the citizen without increasing the national income. Anxious alone for the prosperity of your country you have, with an honest zeal, pursued the paths of peace, decreased our national debt, and added the vast and fertile plains bordering on the great river to our country, thus affording hunting grounds to our children's children for many generations. And after the accomplishment of objects thus beneficial acted by that sacred principle which we hope will be forever respected and imitated by your successors, you voluntarily relinquished that chair in which the gratitude and affection of the people of these tribes were again anxious to place you rather than by your example afford an apology for others to retain power too long.
Father!
Such has been your conduct at home. Beyond the great water discord has long extended its torch and their chiefs and warriors have envied our peaceful prosperity. Influenced by the spirit of despotism they strove to immerse us in the evils they inflicted on each other, and fearfully viewed the rising greatness of a nation, who, actuated by the principles of justice alone, would soon, they apprehended, be able to say to the contending tribes, war shall cease, and be obeyed. Thus impressed, knowing that the profits of their trade would be over was man universally to feel all the advantages of mutual affection, they have by every device attempted to make us parties in their quarrels. Much longer to escape these evils is perhaps impossible, but your efforts to that purpose have not therefore been the less meritorious, and our scribes when they record them for the benefit of our children and their successors will mark your character as the friend of peace and the benefactor of mankind.
Father!
Impressed most solemnly by these truths the Tammany Society of Washington City conceive it their duty on your retirement from office & entering again the ranks of your fellow-citizens to present you this testimonial of their affection for your person and gratitude for your national services. They trust this will not be the more unwelcome because it is the spontaneous effusion of the feelings of men who have lived for many years in the same city with yourself, and who profess carefully, nay even jealously to have examined your conduct every passing day & who now can honestly exclaim, "Well done thou good and faithful servant!"
Father!
You are now about to retire to the Wigwam of your ancestors. May the Great Spirit there long continue you in health, peace & happiness, 'till full of years and full of honors the Spirit of Peace shall remove you to the mansions of the blessed amidst the affectionate tears of a great, a free and a happy people.
By order of the Society, WM. P. GARDNER, Grand Sachem. RICHARD DINMORE, Father of the Council. B. SMITH, Secretary.
Washington City, Month of Snows 24/h, year of discovery 317th. (24 February. 1809.)
THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY.
To the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order of the city of Washington.
THE observations are but too just which are made in your friendly Address, on the origin and progress of those abuses of public confidence and power which have so often terminated in a suppression of the rights of the people, and the mere aggrandizement and emolument of their oppressors. Taught by these truths and aware of tendency of power to degenerate into abuse, the worthies of our own country have secured its independence by the establishment of a constitution and form of government for our nation calculated to prevent as well as to correct abuse.
Beyond the great water the torch of discord has been long lighted up, and long and unremitting have been the endeavors of the belligerents to immerse us in the evils they were inflicting on each other, and to make us parties in their quarrels. Whether it will be possible much longer to escape those evils, is difficult to decide; but you do me justice in believing that no efforts on my part have been spared to effect this purpose, and to preserve for our nation the blessings of peace.
I learn with sincere pleasure that the measures I have pursued in directing the affairs of our nation have met with approbation; their sole object has certainly been the good of my fellow citizens, which sometimes may have been mistaken, but never intentionally disregarded. This approbation is the more valued as being the spontaneous effusion of the feelings of those who having lived in the same city with myself and having examined carefully and even jealously
my conduct through every passing day, bear testimony to their belief in its fidelity.
I am happy in my retirement to carry with me your esteem and your prayers, for my health, peace and happiness: and I sincerely supplicate Heaven that your own personal welfare may long make a part of the general prosperity of a great, a free and a happy people.
(Signed) TH: JEFFERSON. March 2, 1809.
[BY AUTHORITY.]
An ACT for the relief of Daniel Cotton.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby authorised and directed to settle the account of Daniel Cotton, and allow him for the detention and use of his ship, called the Anna Maria, from the twenty-third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred, when she was arrested by the Bey of Tunis until the twenty-third day of May following, when she discharged her Tunisian cargo at Marseilles, allowing him while in port the usual rate of demurrage, and while on the voyage the usual rate of freight, agreeably to the burthen of the said ship; and after deducting from the whole sum allowed for such detention, demurrage and freight, five thousand dollars paid to the master of said ship by William Eaton, then consul for the United States at Tunis, they pay the balance with interest to said Daniel Cotton out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JNO. MILLEDGE, President of the Senate, pro tempore. FEBRUARY 28, 1809. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
An ACT for the relief of certain Alabama and Wyandotte Indians.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorised to cause to be surveyed and designated by proper metes and bounds, a tract of land, not exceeding two thousand five hundred acres, out of any lands of the United States, lying in the territory of Orleans, and west of the river Mississippi, and by lease vest the said tract of land in a certain tribe of Alabama Indians and their descendants, for the term of fifty years: Provided nevertheless, That it shall not be lawful for the said tribe of Indians to transfer or assign their interest in the said land, and every such transfer, or assignment, shall be null and void: And provided also, That if the said tribe of Indians shall remove from the said tract of land, their interest in, and to, the same shall then cease and determine.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be designated, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, two tracts of land in the Michigan territory, one including the village called Brown's town, and the other the village called Maguana in the possession of the Wyandotte tribe of Indians, containing in the whole not more than five thousand acres; which two tracts of land shall be reserved for the use of the said Wyandottes, and their descendants, and be secured to them in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions as is provided in relation to the Alabama Indians, by the first section of this act.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JNO. MILLEDGE, President of the Senate pro tempore. February 28, 1809. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
An ACT for the disposal of certain tracts of land in the Mississippi territory, claimed under Spanish grants, reported by the land commissioners as antedated, and to confirm the claims of Alexander Ellis and Daniel Barregal.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the several tracts of land, in the Mississippi territory, the titles to which have been derived under Spanish grants and which have been disallowed by the boards of commissioners east, and west of Pearl river, on suspicion of the grants, warrants or orders of survey, on which the claims are grounded, being antedated or otherwise fraudulent, and which are embraced in the report of the said boards of commissioners, laid before Congress, agreeable to the third section of an act, entitled "An act supplementary to the act entitled an act regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of the state of Tennessee," shall be, and the same are hereby directed to be sold, in the same manner, at the same price, and on the same terms and conditions, as have been, or may be by law provided for the sale of the other public lands in the said territory; and any person or persons claiming under a Spanish grant, warrant or order of survey as aforesaid, shall be entitled to institute, in the highest court of law or equity in the said territory, his or their suit or action for the recovery of the tract or tracts so claimed as aforesaid: Provided, such claimant or claimants shall institute his or their suit or action within the term of one year from and
after the tract or tracts so claimed shall have been sold by the United States, or in case the same is now inhabited and cultivated, in virtue of a pre-emption right, within one year from and after the passing of this act; and if any person or persons, claiming lands as aforesaid, shall fail or neglect to commence or institute his or their suit or action, in the manner and within the time prescribed by this section, or shall be non-suited, or discontinue the same, his or their right to commence such suit or action, in any court whatsoever, shall be forever barred and foreclosed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the person or persons claiming under such grant, warrant or order of survey, shall make it appear to the satisfaction of the court, before whom such suit or action shall be pending, that the tract of land therein specified, was actually surveyed prior to the twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, then, and in that case, the same shall be deemed and held to be good and valid, to all intents and purposes, any thing in this act to the contrary notwithstanding: But in case the claimant or claimants shall fail to prove the tract or tracts of land so claimed, to have been actually surveyed prior to the twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, or in case the same shall appear to be otherwise fraudulent or illegal, the grant, warrant or order of survey, granted by the Spanish government, as aforesaid, by virtue of which such tract or tracts of land may be claimed, shall be, and the same is hereby declared null and void, to all intents and purposes, and shall not be read in evidence against any claim or certificate of pre-emption, derived from the United States.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful, in the trial of such suit or action, for either party to introduce parole evidence for the purpose of supporting or invalidating the grant, warrant or order of survey as aforesaid; and the judgment, sentence or decree of the said highest court of law or equity, in the cases aforesaid, shall be final and conclusive between the parties, and may be plead in bar to any subsequent suit or action brought in the same or any other court, for the recovery of the same land or any part thereof.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That Abraham Ellis be and he is hereby confirmed in a tract of land granted by the British government of West Florida to Stephen Jordan, containing the quantity of two hundred acres, lying and being on the waters of Boyd's creek, according to the metes and bounds of said tract of land set forth in the plat thereof made by the surveyor general of said province of West Florida; and that the amount of money which the said Ellis may have been compelled to pay to the receiver of public monies west of Pearl river, in the Mississippi territory, for said tract of land, be refunded to him by the receiver aforesaid.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That Daniel Barregal be and he is hereby confirmed in his title in fee simple to the tract of land whereon he resides, containing the quantity of five hundred and fifty acres, agreeably to a plat thereof filed with the register of the land office, west of Pearl river, in the Mississippi territory.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JNO. MILLEDGE, President of the Senate pro tempore. February 28, 1809. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
An ACT making provision for the further accommodation of the household of the President of the United States.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That after the third day of March next, the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorised and empowered, to cause to be sold, such articles furnished by the United States, for the President's household, as may be decayed, out of repair, or unfit for use; and that the proceeds of such sale, and so much of a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand dollars in addition thereto, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as the President of the United States may judge necessary, be, and hereby are appropriated for the accommodation of the household of the President, to be laid out and expended for such articles of furniture as he shall direct.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JNO. MILLEDGE, President of the Senate, pro tempore. March 2, 1809. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
An ACT to extend the time for making payment for the public lands of the United States.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That every person who hath heretofore purchased any of the public lands of the United States, at any of the land offices established for the disposal of the said lands, whether such purchase was made at public or private sale (sales by virtue of a pre-emption right only excepted) and whose lands have not already been actually sold or reverted to the United States, for non-payment of part of the purchase money, and the time for making the last payment on account of such purchase according to former laws, may have expired, or shall expire, on or before the first day of January next, shall be allowed a further term of two years for the payment of the residue of the principal due on account of such purchase; which further term of two years shall be calculated to commence from the expiration of
one year from and after the day on which the last payment on account of such purchase should, according to former laws, have become due, and shall be allowed only on the following conditions; that is to say:—First, That all the arrears of interest, on the land purchased, to the end of one year from and after the day on which the last payment on account of such purchase should, according to former laws, have become due, shall have been paid at or before the end of such year. Second, That the residue of the sum, due on account of the principal of such purchase, equal annual payments, viz. one half of the said residue, with the interest, which may then be due thereon, within one year; and the other half of the said residue, with the interest which may then be due thereon, within two years after the expiration of one year from and after the day on which the last payment on account of such purchase should, according to former laws, have become due. And in case of failure in paying either the arrears of interest on each of the two instalments of principal, with the accruing interest, at the time and times aforesaid mentioned, the tract of land shall be forthwith advertised and offered for sale, in the manner and on the terms and conditions now prescribed for the sale of lands purchased from the United States, and not paid for within the limited time; and shall revert in like manner, to the United States, if the sum due, with interest, be not at such sale bidden and paid.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JNO. MILLEDGE, President of the Senate, pro tempore. March, 2 1809. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
An ACT further to amend the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, or of the Navy Departments.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all warrants drawn by the Secretary of the Treasury, or of War, or of the Navy, upon the Treasurer of the United States, shall specify the particular appropriation or appropriations, to which the same should be charged: That the monies paid by virtue of such warrants shall, in conformity therewith, be charged to such appropriation or appropriations, in the books kept in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury, in the case of warrants drawn by the Secretary of the Treasury, and in the books of the Accountants of the War and Navy Department respectively, in the case of warrants drawn by the Secretary of War, or by the Secretary of the Navy; and the officers, agents or other persons, who may be receivers of public monies, shall render distinct accounts of the application of such monies according to the appropriation or appropriations under which the same shall have been drawn, and the Secretary of War and of the Navy, shall on the first day of January, in each and every year, severally report to Congress, a distinct account of the expenditure and application of all such sums of money, as may prior to the thirtieth day of September preceding, have been by them respectively drawn from the Treasury in virtue of the appropriation law of the preceding year, and the sums appropriated by law for each branch of expenditure in the several departments shall be solely applied to the object or objects for which they are respectively appropriated, and to no other: Provided, nevertheless, That during the recess of Congress, the President of the United States may, and he is hereby authorised on the application of the Secretary of the proper Department, and not otherwise, to direct, if in his opinion, necessary for the public service, that a portion of the monies appropriated for a particular branch of expenditure in that Department, be applied to another branch of expenditure in the same Department, in which case, a special account of the monies thus transferred, and of their application, shall be laid before Congress during the first week of their next ensuing session.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Comptroller of the Treasury, in every case where in his opinion further delays would be injurious to the United States, and he is hereby authorised to direct the Auditor of the Treasury and the Accountants of the War and Navy Departments, at any time, forthwith to audit and settle any particular account which the said officers may be respectively authorised to audit and settle, and to report such settlement for his revision and final decision. And the said Comptroller shall also lay an annual statement before Congress, during the first week of their session of the accounts in the Treasury, War or Navy Departments, which may have remained more than three years unsettled, or on which balances appear to have been due more than three years, prior to the thirtieth of September then last past, together with a statement of the causes which have prevented the settlement of the accounts or the recovery of the balances due to the United States.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That exclusively of the purveyor of public supplies, paymasters of the army, pursers of the navy, military agents, and other officers already authorised by law, no other permanent agents shall be appointed either for the purpose of making contracts, or for the purchase of supplies, or for the disbursement, in any other manner, of monies for the use of the military establishment, or of the navy of the United States, but such as shall be appointed by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate: Provided, that the President may, and he is hereby authorised, in the recess of the Senate, to appoint all or any of such agents, whose appointments shall be submitted to the Senate at their

next session, for their advice and consent, and the President of the United States is hereby authorised, until otherwise provided by law, to fix the number and compensation of such agents: Provided , That the compensation allowed to either shall not exceed one per centum on the public monies disbursed by him, nor in any instance the compensation allowed by law to the paymaster of public supplies.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That every such agent as may be appointed by virtue of the next preceding section, and every purveyor of the navy, shall give bond, with one or more sufficient sureties, in such sums as the President of the United States may direct, for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him, and the paymaster of the navy, the military agents, the paymaster of public supplies, the purveyors of the navy, and the agents appointed by virtue of the preceding section, shall, whenever practicable, keep the public monies in their hands, in some incorporated bank, to be designated for the purpose by the President of the United States, and shall make monthly returns in such form as may be prescribed by the Treasury Department, of the monies received and expended during the preceding month, and of the unexpended balance in their hands.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That all purchases and contracts for supplies or services which are or may, according to law, be made by or under the direction of either the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, or the Secretary of the Navy, shall be made either by open purchase, or by previously advertising for proposals respecting the same: And an annual statement of all such contracts and purchases, and also of the expenditure of the monies appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment, for the contingent expenses of the navy of the United States, and for the discharge of miscellaneous claims not otherwise provided for, and paid at the Treasury, shall be laid before Congress at the beginning of each year, by the Secretary of the proper Department.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. N. MILLEDGE, President of the Senate, pro tempore.
MARCH 3, 1809. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
SAMUEL STEFFENUS, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NEAR THE CENTRE MARKET. HAS added to his former stock of DRY GOODS. A new supply of White Cotton Cambrics, of various qualities and prices, Elegant Calicoes, Furniture do. S. STEFFENUS, called upon by the highest impressions of gratitude towards both the Ladies and Gentlemen of this city for their respective favors which they were pleased to indulge him with these many years in the above branch of business, begs leave to acknowledge that he thinks it a most incumbent duty on him, to sell his Dry Goods as low and reasonable as the present difficulties in trade possibly will admit, and he will with pleasure embrace the opportunities which might be offered him by a kind public for manifesting the same to all respects.
He has also just received by the schooner Regulator , Capt. James Bowie, from Baltimore, and offers for sale by WHOLESALE, 30 Boxes first quality of Brown Sugar, 6 do. white do. 1000 Pounds first quality of Green Coffee 2000 do. Second do. do. 1000 do. Third do. do. 2 Boxes Holland Gin, and which will be disposed of lower than by the present situation of Dutch trade, can be expected.
5 Boxes Tin, 1 Do. Window Glass, 10 by 12. 1 Trunk of Furniture Calicoes, 1 Do. of Fashionable do. 1 Do. of Undressed Chintz and French Muslin. 30 Dozen Cambric Handkerchiefs, 1 Bale of Bawliss, No. 6, 7, 17, 18, 19, 20. 4 Boxes containing Twillings, Oil Cloth, Drape Table Cloth, Do. Travelling do. Bed Ticks, Tapes No. 25, Do. 13, Sewing silk, cloth color, Do. do. Black do. Machine Cotton, No. 12, 20, 30, 45, 300 Pieces of Silk Habons, Sain, Interesting Glazed, of all Numbers, 300 Do. Gullon do. No. 1-2, 1-2, 3-4, 1, 2, 4, Plumbed Bibbards, 32 Dozen White Cotton Stockings for men, 25 Do. do. do. women, 50 Do. Ladies Combs of various prices, 10 Pieces Boot Straps, Cotton Sumpes, Linen do. Cotton do. Twill Cotton, 1000 Pounds Spanish Sole Leather, 1000 Do. Slaughter Hides, do. 1 Dozen Hog Skins, 25 Pieces Bandana Handkerchiefs, 1 Trunk White Cotton, Cambrics assorted, 1 Great Old Hesson Tea, 1 Do. Young do. 1 Do. Hesson Skin do. of 13 lbs. each, 12 Pieces Damask, Elegant Beese Candlesticks, Cotton Buttons, Gilt and Silvered, 1 Do. do. do. All of which he now offers low for Cash or on short credit.
Washington, March 10—31&wif
NOTICE. Bank of Columbia, March 6, 1809. In conformity to the Charter of this Institution an Election for TWELVE DIRECTORS will be held at the Tavern of Mr. Joseph Smith in Georgetown on Monday the 26th instant.
WILLIAM WHANN, Cashier March 10—120th.
THE GENERES by the honor of informing the Ladies and Gentlemen of Washington that a BALL will be on Friday next 13th inst. Washington, March 10—31
WASHINGTON CITY. FRIDAY, MARCH 10.
APPOINTMENTS, Made by the [present] President of the U States, by and with the advice of the Senate.
FRANCIS XAVIER MARTIN, of N. Carolina, to fill the vacancy produced by the resignation of Peter Bryan Brant, a Judge of the Mississippi territory.
OBADIAH JONES, of Georgia, Jesse B. Thomas, of Illinois territory, and ALEXANDER STUART, of Virginia, to be Judges of the Illinois territory.
THOMAS NELSON, Collector and Inspector of York, in Virginia, to be commissioner of loans for the state of Virginia.
NAVY AGENTS. Samuel Storer, Portland, Maine. Ivory S. Langdon, Portsmouth, N. Hampshire. Francis Jahnnel, Boston, Mas. Joseph Hull, Middletown, Con. John Dulles, New York. George Harrison, Philadelphia. John Stricker, Baltimore. Theodorick Armistead, Norfolk. Nathaniel Ingraham & son, Charleston, S. C. James Morrison, Lexington, Ky. Keith Spence, New Orleans. Archd. S. Bullock, Savannah, Geo. Daniel Carmick, now a Captain of Marines, to be a Major of Marines. James Thompson, Edward Hall, and Michael Resmolds, now First Lieutenants of Marines, to be Captains of Marines. Samuel C. Miller, now a Second Lieutenant of Marines, to be First Lieutenant of Marines. Jasher Hand, of Pennsylvania, to be a Surgeon in the Navy of the U. States. Samuel Blair, and Samuel Horsley, of Virginia, to be Surgeons Mates in the Navy of the U. States.
MILITARY APPOINTMENTS. Made previous to the 4th of March last.
BRIGADIER GENERALS. Wade Hampton, Peter Gansevoort. REGIMENT OF LIGHT ARTILLERY. Lieut. Colonel—Vacant. Major—John Saunlers. LIGHT DRAGOONS. Colonel—Wade Hampton, (promoted as above.) Lieut. Col.—Leonard Covington. Major—Eleazar Packenham.
RIFLEMEN. Colonel—Alexander Smith. Lt. Colonel—William Duane. Major—John Fuller.
THIRD REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Colonel—Edward Patterson. Lt. Colonel—John Smith. Major—Homer V. Milton.
FOURTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Colonel—John P. Boyd. Lt. Colonel—John Whiting. Major—James Miller.
FIFTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Colonel—Alexander Parker. Lt. Colonel—William D. Beall. Major—Tully Robinson.
SIXTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Colonel—Jonas Simonds. Lt. Colonel—Joseph Constant. Major—Zalmon M. Pike.
SEVENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Colonel—William Russell. Lt. Colonel—Robert Purdy. Major—Elijah Strong.
(Subordinate appointments hereafter.)
We insert from the Boston Centinel the following extracts of letters alleged to be suppressed, without hazarding any opinion as to their genuineness. It is most certain that the source from which they emanate is entitled to no credit. If they are not errant forgeries, the means by which they have come to light are most base and corrupt.
Should, however, these papers be considered to be genuine, (of which we say nothing) it will be still seen by every judicious reader that they involve considerations of a personal and highly confidential nature, which never are openly disclosed by one government in reference to the agents of another; and that this is particularly the case with regard to Mr. Armstrong's letter of the 22d of February.
The Boston Centinel pronounces these letters to have been suppressed; but omits saying whether they were communicated confidentially to Congress. We have no hesitation in asserting that they are genuine, they were so communicated by the President; not from any special knowledge we have on the point, but from the message of the President which accompanied the communication of the foreign correspondence, which is as follows:
"The documents communicated with my public message of this day,
contain such portions of the correspondencies therein referred to, of the ministers of the United States at Paris and London, as relate to the present state of affairs between those governments and the United States, and as may be made public. I now communicate confidentially such supplementary portions of the same correspondencies as I deem improper for publication yet necessary to convey to Congress full information on a subject of their deliberations, so interesting to our country.
TH: JEFFERSON. November 8, 1808."
Here is an explicit declaration of the President, that he communicated in confidence such portions of the foreign correspondence as he deemed "improper for publication, yet necessary to convey to Congress full information;" &c.
We boldly then repeat the assertion, that, if the letters now published are genuine, they were communicated to Congress, and are a part, if not the whole of those referred to by the President as being improper for publication.
If then these extracts be genuine, and they were communicated to Congress, the President did all that it was his duty to do. Had he communicated them without confidence, he would have violated his duty, he would have done what would have insured him the reprobation of the whole civilized world.
If the Boston Centinel has any regard to character, it behoves it manfully to come forward, and protect itself from the charge of giving currency to a forgery, by exposing the source from which these extracts are derived, that the public may decide whether they are genuine, and appreciate the means by which they have come to light.
Extract of a letter from Mr. Armstrong to Mr. Madison.
"PARIS, Dec. 27, 1807. "I forwarded to Mr. McElheny a copy of a second and very extraordinary decree. [Milan decree of Dec. 17,] of this government, with regard to neutral commerce. Whether it be meant to stimulate Great-Britain to the commission of new outrages, or to quicken us in repealing those she has already committed, the policy is equally unwise, and so decidedly so, that I know not a man of consideration who approves of it. It is however not less true, that it is as difficult to find one who will hazard an objection to it. T——, who in this way is permitted to go further than any other person, dare not avow his opinion of it, nor (had as he thinks it) do more than state that the present moment would appear to dictate some modifications. To this point he stands engaged to go, and I wait the result with much anxiety. The emperor is expected here on the last day of the month."
Extract of a letter from Mr. Madison to Mr. Armstrong.
FEBRUARY 3, 1808.
[To follow the paragraph ending with the words "pari passu with his enemy."]
"Whether the intimations have any reference to the distinction between such parts of the French decree as operate municipally on shore, and such as operating on the high seas, violate the rights of neutrals, or to a distinction between the former restriction, and the last extension of the Decree with respect to the United States, Mr. Erskine did not seem authorised to say. The probability is, that neither of these distinctions entered into the views of the British cabinet. But it is certainly neither less the duty nor the true policy of the emperor of the French, so to vary his decree, as to make it consistent with the rights of neutrals and the freedom of the seas, and particularly with his positive stipulations with the United States. This may be the more reasonably expected, as nothing can be more clear, as has been already observed, than the effect of the decree, as far as it can be carried into effect, would not be sensibly diminished by abolishing its operation beyond the limits of territorial sovereignty."
Extract of a letter from Mr. Armstrong to Mr. Madison.
FEBRUARY 22, 1808.
"Mr. Paterson, offering so good a conveyance that I cannot but employ it. Nothing has occurred here since the date of my public dispatches (the 17th) to give to our business an aspect more favorable than it then had, but on the other hand, I have come to the knowledge of two facts, which I think sufficiently shew the decided character of the Emperor's policy with regard to us. These are first, that in a council of administration held a few days past, when it was proposed to modify the operation of the decrees of Nov. 1806, and Dec.
1807, (though the proposition was supported by the whole weight of the Council,) he became highly indignant, and declared that these decrees should suffer no change—and that the Americans should be compelled to take the positive character of either allies or enemies; 2d, that on the 27th of Jan. last, twelve days after Mr. Champagny's written assurances, that the decrees should work no change in the property sequestered until our discussion with England were brought to a close, and seven days before he reported to me verbally these very assurances, the Emperor had by a special decision confiscated two of our ships and their cargoes (the Julius Henry, and Juniata) for want merely of a document not required by any law or usage, of the commerce in which they had been engaged. This act was taken as I am informed on a general report of sequestered cases, amounting to one hundred and sixty, and which at present prices will yield upwards of one hundred millions of francs, a sum whose magnitude alone renders hopeless all attempts at saving it—Danes, Portuguese and Americans, will be the principal sufferers. If I am right in supposing that the Emperor has definitively taken his ground, I cannot be wrong in concluding that you will immediately take yours."
Extract of a letter from Mr. Armstrong to Mr. Madison.
MARCH 9.
"The conversation alluded to in the copy of the letter—did not take place till the 8th inst. when the Emperor declared that if means could be found to make an exception of the Nov. Decree, that such exception should have his consent."
Extract from the same to the same.
MARCH 15, 1808.
"I stated in my last letter the substance of a declaration made by the Emperor, viz. that if means could be found to except American property from the operation of the Decree of Nov. 1806, without infringing the principles of the decrees, he would immediately make the exception. No time was lost in communicating the declaration to me, and I was invited to point out the means it required, and assured, that they should be immediately submitted to his majesty. Little as I liked the proposition, and much as I doubted the sincerity of the declaration out of which it grew, I could not refuse any agency of mine in rescuing so much of the American property sequestered in the ports of France as should come within this new rule. I accordingly wrote the note (a copy of which is subjoined to this letter) pointing out in a few words the property to which that rule would apply. This note was put into the Emperor's hand by the Prince of Benevento, who, though six days have now elapsed, has not yet received an answer."
For a Treaty between the United States and the Chippewa, Ottowa, Pottawatomie, Wyandot, and Shawanese nations of Indians, see the last page.
In Mr. Clopton's speech in the fourth column near the bottom, there is an omission of the word "other" which should have been inserted between the word "no" and the word "means"—so as to read, by "no other mean."
THE ADDRESS from the Citizens of George Town, to Thomas Jefferson, Esq. and his Answer, came too late for insertion in this day's paper, and shall appear in our next.
General Samuel Smith has been appointed Senator of the state of Maryland, by the Executive, during the recess of the Legislature.
SPEECH
Delivered by the President of the U. States to the Deputies of the Cherokee Upper Towns.
My Children, Deputies of the Cherokee Upper Towns,
I have maturely considered the speeches you have delivered me, and will now give you answers to the several matters they contain.
You inform me of your anxious desires to engage in the industrious pursuits of agriculture and civilized life; that finding it impracticable to induce the nation at large to join in this, you wish a line of separation to be established between the Upper & Lower Towns, so as to include all the waters of the Highwassee in your part; and that having thus contracted your society within narrower limits, you propose, within these, to begin the establishment of fixed laws and of regular government. You say, that the Lower Towns are satisfied with the division you propose, and on these several matters you ask my advice and aid.
With respect to the line of division between yourselves and the lower
Towns, it must rest on the joint consent of both parties. The one you propose appears moderate, reasonable and well defined; we are willing to recognize those on each side of that line as distinct societies, and if our aid shall be necessary to mark it more plainly than nature has done, you shall have it. I think with you, that on this reduced scale, it will be more easy for you to introduce the regular administration of laws.
In proceeding to the establishment of laws you wish to adopt them from ours, and such only for the present as suit your present condition; chiefly indeed those for the punishment of crimes and the protection of property. But who is to determine which of our laws suit your condition, and shall be in force with you? All of you being equally free, no one has a right to say what shall be law for the others. Our way is to put these questions to the vote, and to consider that as law for which the majority votes—the fool has as great a right to express his opinion by vote as the wise, because he is equally free, and equally master of himself. But as it would be inconvenient for all your men to meet in one place, would it not be better for every town to do as we do—that is to say: Choose by the vote of the majority of the town and of the country people nearer to that than to any other town, one, two, three or more, according to the size of the town, of those whom each voter thinks the wisest and honest men of their place, and let these meet together and agree which of our laws suit them. But these men know nothing of our laws How then can they know which to adopt? Let them associate in their council our beloved man living with them, col. Meigs, and he will tell them what our law is on any point they desire. He will inform them also of our methods of doing business in our councils, so as to preserve order, and to obtain the vote of every member fairly. This council can make a law for giving to every head of a family a separate parcel of land, which, when he has built upon and improved, it shall belong to him and his descendants forever, and which the nation itself shall have no right to sell from under his feet. They will determine too, what punishment shall be inflicted for every crime. In our states generally, we punish murder only; by death, and all other crimes by solitary confinement in a prison.
But when you shall have adopted laws, who are to execute them? Perhaps, it may be best to permit every town and the settlers in its neighborhood attached to it, to select some of their best men, by a majority of its voters, to be judges in all differences, and to execute the law according to their own judgement. Your council of representatives will decide on this or such other mode as may best suit you. I suggest these things, my children, for the consideration of the Upper Towns of your nation, to be decided on as they think best, and I sincerely wish you may succeed in your laudable endeavors to save the remains of your nation, by adopting industrious occupations and a government of regular law. In this you may always rely on the counsel & assistance of the government of the U. S. Deliver these words to your people in my name, and assure them of my friendship.
TH: JEFFERSON. January 9, 1809.
SPEECH
Delivered by the President of the United States, to the deputies of the Cherokees of the Upper and Lower Towns.
My children, deputies of the Cherokees of the Upper and Lower Towns.
I UNDERSTAND by the speeches which you have delivered me, that there is a difference of disposition among the people of both parts of your nation; some of them desiring to remain on their lands, to betake themselves to agriculture, and the industrious occupations of civilized life; while others, retaining their attachment to the hunter life, and having little game on their present lands are desirous to remove across the Mississippi, to some of the vacant lands of the U. S. where game is abundant. I am pleased to find so many disposed to ensue by the cultivation of the earth, a plentiful subsistence to their families; and to improve their minds by education: But I do not blame those, who having been brought up from their infancy to the pursuit of game, desire still to follow it to distant countries. I know how difficult it is for men to change the habits in which they have been raised. The U. S. my children, are the friends of both parties, and as far as can reasonably be asked, they will be willing to satisfy the wishes of both. Those who remain may be assured of our patronage, our aid and good neigh-

hood: Those, who wish to remove are permitted to send an exploring party to reconnoitre the country on the waters of the Arkansas, and White River, and the higher up the better, as they will be the longer unapproached by our settlements, which will begin at the mouths of those rivers. The regular districts of the government of St. Louis, are already laid off to the St. Francis.
When this party shall have found a tract of country suited to the emigrants, and not claimed by other Indians, we will arrange with them and you, the exchange of that for a just portion of the country they leave, and to a part of which, proportioned to their numbers, they have a right. Every aid towards their removal, and what will be necessary for them there, will then be freely administered to them; and, when established in their new settlements, we shall still consider them as our children, give them the benefit of exchanging their peltries for what they will want at our factories, and always hold them firmly by the hand.
I will now, my children, proceed to answer your kind address on my retiring from the government. Sensible that I am become too old to watch over the extensive concerns of the seventeen states, and their territories, I requested my fellow-citizens, to permit me to retire, to live with my family, and to choose another President for themselves, and Father for you. They have done so; and in a short time I shall retire, and resign into his hands, the care of you and our concerns. Be assured my children, that he will have the same friendly dispositions towards you which I have had, and that you will find in him a true and affectionate father. Indeed this is now the disposition of all our people towards you. They look upon you as brethren, born in the same land, and having the same interests; tell your people therefore, to entertain no uneasiness on account of this change, for there will be no change as to them. Deliver to them my adieu, and my prayers to the Great Spirit for their happiness; tell them, that during my administration, I have held their hand fast in mine, and that I will put it into the hand of their new father, who will hold it as I have done.
TH: JEFFERSON. January 9, 1809.
Communications, accompanying the speech of the Governor of Connecticut.
War Department, Jan. 18th, 1809.
SIR, The pressure of the embargo although sensibly felt by every description of our fellow citizens, has yet been cheerfully borne by most of them under a conviction that it was a temporary evil, and a necessary one to save us from greater and more permanent evils, the loss of property and surrender of rights; but it would have been more cheerfully borne but for the knowledge that, while honest men were religiously observing it, the unprincipled along our sea coasts and frontiers, were fraudulently evading it, and that in some parts they had even dared to break through it openly, by an armed force too powerful to be opposed by the collector and his assistants.
To put an end to this scandalous insubordination to the laws, the legislature has authorised the President of the United States to empower proper persons to employ militia for preventing or suppressing armed or riotous assemblage of persons resisting the custom-house officers in the exercise of their duties, or opposing or violating the embargo laws. He sincerely hopes that during the short time these restrictions are expected to continue, no other instances will take place of a crime of so deep a die. But it is made his duty, to take the measures necessary to meet it. He has directed me, therefore, to request you as commanding officer of the militia of your state, to appoint some officer of the militia, of known respect for the laws, in or near to each port of entry within your state, with orders, when applied to by the collector of the district, to assemble immediately a sufficient force of his militia, & to employ them efficaciously to maintain the authority of the laws respecting the embargo; and that you notify to each collector the officer to whom by your appointment he is to apply for aid when necessary. The President has referred this appointment to your excellency, because your knowledge of characters, or means of obtaining it, will enable you to select one who can be most confided in to exercise so serious a power, with all the discretion, the forbearance, the kindness even, which the enforcement of the law will possibly admit; ever bearing in mind that the life of a citizen is more endangered but as the last melancholy
effort for the maintenance of order and obedience to the laws.
Your excellency will please to instruct the officers so appointed, to have correct muster and pay rolls made out and transmitted to this department, of such militia as they may find it necessary, in the execution of their duties to call into actual service.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your excellency's ob't. servant, H. DEARBORN, Secretary of War. His excellency the Governor of Connecticut.
Lebanon, Feb. 4th, 1809.
SIR, I have received your letter of the 18th of January, conveying to me a request of the President of the U. States, that as commander in chief of the militia of this state, I would appoint a select number of officers of our militia, to whom the collectors of the customs may apply for military aid in certain cases, which may by them, be thought necessary for compelling obedience to the laws of Congress enforcing the embargo.
I have had the subject of this request under my most serious and mature consideration; the final result of which I now have the honor to communicate to you.
I have reflected that neither the constitution, nor statutes of this state, have given the commander in chief of its militia, any authority to make such appointment of officers as has been requested; nor does my information suggest to me, any authority given to the President of the United States, derived either from the constitution or laws of the United States, to call upon the executive of an individual state to take an agency in appointments, such as are contemplated by the request mentioned.
Conceiving also as I do, and believing it to be the opinion of the great mass of the citizens of this state, that the late law of Congress for the more rigorous enforcement of the embargo, is unconstitutional in many of its provisions, interfering with the state sovereignties, and subversive of the guaranteed rights, privileges, and immunities of the citizens of the United States; I have from these considerations, deemed it peculiarly and highly improper for a state executive to contribute his volunteer aid in support of the laws bearing such an aspect.
And when I reflect upon the extent of the measures which must probably be resorted to for the enforcement of this law; a law which from the means contemplated for its support and execution, it would seem is to require all the military and naval force of the union, I cannot suppress my deep anxiety for the events it may produce.
I might also add, that I cannot be induced to risk my responsibility to the public by contributing towards placing such a "serious" power in the hands and at the disposal of men, in whom I should not be able, in all instances, to repose the fullest confidence; more especially, when their individual acts and measures, may not always, be under the regulation of the best motives; and when their proceedings in execution of this law, will naturally tend to put at extreme hazard, the peace, lives, property, and dearest rights of our fellow citizens.
Under this view therefore of the subject, and with these considerations before me, my mind has been led to a serious and decided determination to decline a compliance with your request, and to have no agency in the appointments which the President has been pleased to refer to me.
While I take the liberty of thus declining this agency, you will be pleased to recollect, that on all former occasions, when constitutional applications have been made to this state, for the execution of the constitutional laws and requisitions of the union, the promptitude and readiness of their compliance, have merited and have received the approbation, if not the applause, of the general administration of the U. S.
With all due consideration, I am, sir, Your obedient servant, JONATHAN TRUMBULL. Hon. Secretary at War.
Last Monday the following report and resolutions, were laid before the House of Representatives:
TO THE HONORABLE GENERAL ASSEMBLY NOW IN SESSION. The committee appointed to take into consideration the Speech of his Excellency the Governor, and the several communications by him made to the General Assembly, respectfully
REPORT,
That they have maturely considered the great and important subject referred to them, and accord in opinion expressed by his Excellency, that, "whenever the National Legislature, in the exercise of power exceed the limits of the constitution, it is the right, and becomes the duty of the state legislatures, to interpose a protecting shield between the rights and liberties of the people, and the assumed power of the General Government." The committee have therefore attentively examined the several acts of Congress laying an embargo, and especially the act to enforce the same, approved by the President of the United States, on the ninth day of January, in the present year, and are constrained to declare, that, in their opinion, the powers delegated to the United States, have been exceeded, and encroachments made on the powers reserved to the states respectively, and the people. The committee have therefore prepared sundry resolutions, expressive of this opinion, approbatory of the conduct of his Excellency, in his correspondence with the Secretary for the department of War, and declaring that it has become the duty of the legislature and Executive officers of this state, to withhold their aid, from the aforesaid acts. These resolutions the committee now present, for the consideration of the legislature—they also present a resolution for the co-operation of this state with the legislature of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and other states, to effect such amendments in the constitution of the U. States, as may be necessary, in regard to foreign commerce.
In addition to the foregoing resolutions, they are of opinion, that it is expedient to prefer to the Congress of the U. States a remonstrance, protesting against the system of measures which is in force, and which seems to be contemplated in regard to foreign relations, and also that an address should be made by this assembly to the good people of this state, in this unprecedented crisis of affairs—On this subject the committee ask leave to make a further report.
Extra session of the General Assembly, Feb. 1809. Signed by order of the committee. ELIZUR GOODRICH.
This assembly have attended with anxious concern to the several acts of Congress interdicting foreign commerce, and more especially to an act, approved on the 9th day of January last, by the President of the U. S. under the title of "An act to enforce and make more effectual an act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the U. States."
After solemn deliberation and advisement thereon, the General Assembly are decided in the opinion, and do resolve that the acts aforesaid are a permanent system of measures abandoning undeniable rights; interdicting the exercise of constitutional privileges, and unprecedented in the annals of nations; and do contain provisions for exercising arbitrary powers, grievous to the good people of this state, dangerous to their common liberties, incompatible with the constitution of the U. S. and encroaching upon the immunities of this state.
Resolved, That to preserve the union, and support the constitution of the U. States, it becomes the duty of the legislatures of the states, in such a crisis of affairs, vigilantly to watch over, and vigorously to maintain, the powers not delegated to the U. S. but reserved to the states respectively, or to the people; and that a due regard to this duty will not permit this Assembly to assist, or concur in giving effect to the aforesaid unconstitutional acts.
Resolved, That this Assembly highly approve of the conduct of his Excellency the governor in declining to designate persons to carry into effect, by the aid of military power, the act of the U. S. enforcing the embargo, and that his letter, addressed to the Secretary for the department of War, containing his refusal to make such designation, be recorded in the public records of this state, as an example to persons who may hold places of distinguished trust, in this free and independent republic.
Resolved, That the persons holding executive offices under this state, are restrained by the duties which they owe this state, from affording any official aid or co-operation in the execution of the acts aforesaid; and that his excellency the Governor be requested, as commander in chief of the military force of this state, to cause these resolutions to be published in general orders: And that the secretary of this state be, and he is hereby directed to transmit copies of
the same to the several sheriffs and town clerks.
Resolved, That his excellency the Governor, be requested to communicate the foregoing resolutions to the President of the United States, with an assurance that this Assembly reassert, that they are thus obliged under a sense of paramount public duty, to assert the unquestionable rights of this state, to abscond from any agency in the execution of measures, which are unconstitutional and despotic.
Resolved, That this Assembly accord in sentiment, with the Senate and House of Representatives, of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, that it is expedient to effect certain alterations in the Constitution of the U. States; and will zealously co-operate with that commonwealth and any other of the States, in all legal and constitutional measures for procuring such amendments to the constitution of the U. S. as shall be judged necessary to obtain more effectual protection and defence for commerce; and to give to the commercial states their fair and just consideration in the union, and for affording permanent security, as well as present relief, from the oppressive measures, under which they now suffer.
Resolved, That his excellency the Governor be requested to transmit copies of the foregoing resolutions to the President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and to the legislatures of such of our sister states, as manifest a disposition to concur, in restoring to commerce its former activity, and preventing the repetition of measures which have a tendency, not only to destroy it, but to dissolve the Union, which ought to be inviolate.
Baltimore, March 3. WESTERN TRADE. We congratulate the citizens of Baltimore on the joyous tidings below. The Legislature of our sister state have acted wisely and with a just sense of the interests of the largest portion of Pennsylvania. Extract of a letter from York, Pennsylvania, to a gentleman in this city, dated Feb. 23. "The long desired law, for extending the Baltimore and York turnpike road from this place to the Conewago canal, passed both branches of the legislature yesterday. No doubt is entertained but that the Governor will immediately sign the same."
From Halifax, Feb. 17, 1809. "By British Orders of Council, dated Oct. 25th, the ports of St. John, Shelburne, and Halifax, are declared open for importations from, and exportations to the United States, in British and American vessels. This order is in pursuance of an act of Parliament passed some time since."
From the Balt. Federal Gazette. From the Merchant's Coffee-House Books. Arrived, French sch. L'Etoile, 16 days from Guadalupe, bound to Bordeaux in distress, having sprung both masts in a chase. The news brought by this vessel is of the most important nature, the particulars that have reached us are, that the British were repulsed in two attacks on Martinique with the loss of 2000 men, & a 74 (the Captain) which grounded in the attack. They have possession of the town of St. Pierres. Guadalupe was expected to be attacked. The two islands are blockaded by about 60 vessels of war. An express boat had arrived there from L'Orient, which she left 4th Jan. with dispatches. Bonaparte and his brother entered Madrid on the 4th Dec. The Junta had surrendered. The French were on their march to Portugal, with Junot at their head. The British troops were retreating to the coast. It was said the Spanish ports were shut against their embarkation.
From the Whig. By the arrival here yesterday of the sch. L'Etoile, from Guadalupe, we learn, that capt. R——, of the sch. Policy from Baltimore, had arrived there from L'Orient, bringing the important news that the French flag was every where flying on the coasts of Spain. The news is brought down to the 4th of January. Bonaparte had entered Madrid on the 4th of December. Bilbao had been taken and the "noble English" it is supposed would be escorted to France as Bonaparte had issued a proclamation to prohibit the Spaniards from aiding their escape. The Supreme Junta had stipulated for their own salvation, by agreeing to sacrifice the English armies, whom they had consented to give up as hostages for the completion of their contract. It is therefore probable that no part of Moore's army can get on board the English shipping. English goods to
a great amount had been seized and confiscated. Junot was marching to Lisbon, at the head of a great army. The L'Etoile was chased here by two English frigates. The English had attacked Martinique with 12,000 men; but were twice repulsed. In one battle they lost 2,000 troops. They were nevertheless in hopes of reducing the Island; as they had effected a landing; and were greatly assisted by their ships which blockaded it very closely. They had lost a 74 and a brig, which were driven on shore, under the French batteries. If Martinique falls, Guadalupe, it is thought, will be immediately attacked.
YOUNG LADIES ACADEMY. MRS. GREENTREE respectfully informs the Public that she has opened a BOARDING & DAY SCHOOL, in Georgetown, in the house lately occupied by Mrs. BELL, for the Education of Young Ladies. Her regular course of Tuition will be Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Grammar, Geography with the use of the Globes, and Needle Work in its various branches, Music, Drawing and the French Language grammatically. Sensible as she is that the charge committed to her, involves a high responsibility, both as it relates to the improvement of her Pupils, in their different branches of study, as also to the inculcation of morality; she promises her patrons that her best exertions shall be applied to obtain the accomplishment of these objects. Georgetown, March 10—3t
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. RAN AWAY from the Subscriber west on the 15th February last, a Mulatto Girl, named HELON; she is 19 years old, of the middle size, with large breasts; she has a scar on the side of her neck, I think on the left side a black mole in one of the palms of her hands, one on her forehead and between her breasts, her dress was dark coating; she is of a sprightly turn, and capable of deception. If taken up within the district and brought to the subscriber, the above reward will be given, if taken up out of the district the person must put her in jail and information given as soon as possible to the subscriber. All persons is forewarned from harboring or employing her at their peril. WILLIAM HOLMES. March 10—3t
NEW YORK STATE LOTTERY, Positively commences Drawing 12th of April next. HIGHEST PRIZES. 50,000 Dollars. 20,000 Dollars. 10,000 Dollars. 5,000 Dollars. TICKETS & SHARES. Sold at WAYTE'S Truly fortunate Lottery Office in New York, where was sold in the last Lottery the three highest prizes, viz. No. 20,931 25,000 Dollars. " 25,403 10,000 Dollars. " 20,799 5,000 Dollars. Tickets and Shares in the above Grand Lottery from Wayte's Office, may be had of Mr. JOSEPH MILLIGAN, at his Book Store in Georgetown, where the weekly Prize List will be regularly received. Georgetown, March 10—ep1m
PUBLIC SALE. By order of the Orphan's Court of Prince George's County, Maryland, on Saturday the first day of April next, will be offered at public sale, at the late dwelling house of Thomas H. Hanson, deceased, all the personal property of the deceased, consisting of several Likely Negroes, to be sold for a term of years, and some to be sold for life—Horses, Cattle, Plantation Utensils & Household Furniture. Terms made known on the day of sale. THOMAS G. ADDISON, Administrator. March 10—2awtds.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY ROBERT WRIGHT, ESQ. Governor of Maryland. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS the Executive of the state of Delaware, hath lately demanded of the Executive of Maryland, a certain PUNNEL CARTY, as a fugitive from justice, alleged to be at large in Talbot county, and hath transmitted an affidavit, dated the 24th day of November, eighteen hundred and eight, charging said Punnel Carty with felony, in kidnapping a certain Hester Cragg and her two children. I have therefore issued this my proclamation, authorizing and enjoining to all civil officers, and others, citizens of this state, to arrest and commit said Punnel Carty, to the jail of the county in which he may be found, & to give notice thereof to the Executive of Maryland, that the Executive of Delaware may be duly notified thereof, that he may be brought to trial according to the act of Congress in such case provided. Given under my hand and the seal of the state of Maryland, at the city of Annapolis, this ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, and of the independence of the United States of America the third and third. ROBERT WRIGHT, By his excellency's command, NATHAN PINKNEY, Clerk of the Council. Ordered that the foregoing proclamation be published twice a week for six weeks in the American & Federal Gazette at Baltimore, the Maryland Gazette at Annapolis, the National Intelligencer, the Republican Advocate at Fredericktown, the Maryland Herald at Hagerstown, and in Mr. Smith's paper at Easton. January 27—2aw6w
MILL WRIGHTS WANTED. SIX good JOURNEYMEN will meet with employment by applying to the subscriber at Decatur before the 20th March, and after at Elliott's Lower Mills South from Baltimore. ROBERT WRIGHT. March 8—3t

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS a Treaty between the United States and the Chippewa, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Wyandot, and Shawanese nations of Indians, was concluded at Brownstown, in the territory of Michigan, on the 25th day of November, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, and was duly ratified and confirmed by the President of the United States, on the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nine, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, which Treaty is in the words following, to wit:
ARTICLES of a Treaty made and concluded at Brownstown, in the Territory of Michigan, between William Hull, Governor of the said Territory, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and Commissioner Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, for concluding any Treaty or Treaties, which may be found necessary, with any of the Indian Tribes, North West of the River Ohio, of the one part, and the Suchems, Chiefs, and Warriors, of the Chippewa, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Wyandot, and Shawanese Nations of Indians, of the other part.
ARTICLE 1st. WHEREAS by a Treaty concluded at Detroit on the 17th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven, a tract of land lying to the West, and North of the river Miami, of Lake Erie, and principally, within the Territory of Michigan, was ceded by the Indian nations, to the United States; and whereas the lands lying on the South Eastern side of the said river Miami, and between said river, and the boundary lines established by the Treaties of Greenville and Fort Industry, with the exception of a few small reservations, to the United States, still belong to the Indian Nations, so that the United States cannot, of right, open and maintain, a convenient road from the settlements in the State of Ohio, to the settlements in the Territory of Michigan, nor extend those settlements so as to connect them; in order therefore to promote this object, so desirable, and evidently beneficial to the Indian Nations, as well as to the United States, the parties have agreed to the following articles, which when ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, shall be reciprocally binding.
ARTICLE 2nd. The several nations of Indians aforesaid, in order to promote the object mentioned in the preceding article, and in consideration of the friendship, they bear towards the United States, for the liberal, and benevolent policy, which has been practiced towards them by the government thereof, do hereby give, grant, and cede, unto the said United States, a tract of land for a road, of one hundred and twenty feet in width, from the foot of the rapids of the river Miami of Lake Erie, to the Western line of the Connecticut reserve, and all the land within one mile of the said road, on each side thereof, for the purpose of establishing settlements along the same. Also a tract of land, for a road only, of one hundred and twenty feet in width, to run Southerly from what is called Lower Sandusky, to the boundary line established by the treaty of Greenville, with the privilege of taking at all times, such timber, and other materials, from the adjacent lands as may be necessary for making and keeping in repair the said road, with the bridges that may be required along the same.
ARTICLE 3rd. It is agreed, that the line embracing the lands, given and ceded by the preceding article, shall be run in such directions, as may be thought most advisable by the President of the United States for the purposes aforesaid.
ARTICLE 4th. It is agreed, that the said Indian nations shall retain the privilege of hunting and fishing on the lands given, and ceded as above, so long as the same shall remain the property of the United States.
ARTICLE 5th. The several nations of Indians aforesaid, do again acknowledge themselves under the protection of the United States and of no other sovereign; and the United States on their part do renew their covenant, to extend protection to them according to the intent and meaning of stipulations in former treaties.
Done at Brownstown in the Territory of Michigan the 25th day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the inde-
pendence of the United States of America the thirty-third. WILLIAM HULL, (L. S.) Commissioner. CAIPPEWAS. Ne-me-kas, or Little Thunder, (L. S.) Puck-a-ne-se, or Spark of Fire, (L. S.) Macquette-ta, or Little Bear, (L. S.) Shimman-aquette, (L. S.) OTTAWAS. Kewachewan, (L. S.) Tondagane, (L. S.) POTTAWATOMIES. Mogau, (L. S.) Wap-me-me, or White Pigeon, (L. S.) Ma-che, (L. S.) WYANDOTTS. Micre, or Walk in the Water, (L. S.) Lyo-na-yo-ta-ha, or Joe, (L. S.) Ska-ho-mat, or Black Chief, (L. S.) Adam Brown, (L. S.) SHAWANOSE. Ma-kate-we Kuske, or Black Hoof, (L. S.) Kou-ta-wa-pie, or Col. Lewis, (L. S.) Executed after having been fully explained and understood, in presence of
REUBEN ATTWATER, Secretary of the Territory of Michigan. JAMES WITHERILL, Judge of Michigan Territory. JACOB RISGER, Judge of the district court. JOS. WATSON, Secretary, L. M. T. WM. BROWN. R. CAMPAU. LEWIS BOND, } As to the Ottawa A. LYONS, } chiefs. WHITMORE KNAGGS, } WILLIAM WALKER, } Sworn Inter- F. DUCHONQUET, } preter. SAMUEL SAUNDEKS, } Attest HARRIS HAMPDEN HICKMAN, Secretary to the Commission.
NOW therefore, to the end that the said treaty may be observed and performed with good faith on the part of the United States, I have caused the premises to be made public, and I do hereby enjoin and require all persons bearing office, civil and military, within the United States, and all others, citizens or inhabitants thereof, or being within the same, faithfully to observe and fulfil the said treaty, and every clause and article thereof. In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States, to be affixed to these presents, L. S. and signed the same with my hand. Done at the city of Washington, the third day of March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and nine and of the independence of the United States the thirty third TH: JEFFERSON. By the President, JAMES MADISON, Secretary of State.
PRINTING At the Office of the RELIGIOUS REPOSITORY, THE INAUGURAL SPEECH, OF THE HON. JAMES MADISON, Elegantly executed, on Satin and Blue Ink—Price Three Dollars. March 8—3t
NOTICE IS hereby given to the Stockholders of the Washington Bridge Company, that the fourth instalment of ten dollars on each share, is called for, which must be paid on or before the 20th instant, agreeably to the act of Congress, entitled "An act authorizing the erection of a bridge over the river Potomac, within the district of Columbia." By order of the Directors, DAN. CARROLL, of Dudn. President. March 8, 1809—6t
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD. RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the 20th February last, WILLIAM HUTCHINSON, an apprentice to the Baking Business. WILLIAM is about sixteen years old, has his hair cut close to his head. He had on when he went away, a drab cloth trowsers and jacket, and an old brown great coat. He is supposed to have gone near the foot of the Sugar Loaf Mountain. Whoever brings said run away apprentice to me, shall receive the above Reward, and reasonable charges. ESIAS TRAVERS. N. B. I forewarn all persons from harboring, employing or carrying said apprentice away, at their peril. March 8—3t
SUGARS, COFFEE, TEA, &c. First and second quality Muscovado Sugars. First and second do. Coffee. Fresh Teas. Lemons. Fig Blue, first quality Segars, &c. &c. Just received per the Brig John, from New-York, and for sale by CHARLES J. NOURSE. March 8—3t
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. THE partnership of Duckett & Clagett, being dissolved this day by mutual consent. All those indebted to said firm, are requested to make payment to J. cob Duckett, and those having claims against the concern will render them for settlement. JACOB DUCKETT, Signed, HANNIBAL CLAGETT. The business will be continued by Jacob Duckett. March 8—3t
WANTED TO HIRE. A WOMAN SERVANT, of good character, one that is acquainted with plain cooking, washing and ironing, and house work generally, to such a person liberal wages will be given—Apply to TOPPAN WEBSTER, Near to the Six Buildings. Feb 24—4t
MR. LONGBOTHOM, SURGEON DENTIST, informs the inhabitants of Washington, George-town and their vicinities, that he is now at Mr. Templeman's, in George-town, where he may be consulted in the line of his Profession—for a few days only. Application not personally made, is requested to be left in writing, which shall be immediately attended to, as will all letters addressed to Washington Post-Office. March 8—3t
CHEAP GOODS. BAKER & RIGGS, (SIGN OF THE PLOUGH,) HAVE removed to the store, lately occupied by Romulus Riggs, and have bought his entire Stock of GOODS, (very low) which added to their former supply, with some Fresh Goods, just received from Philadelphia, makes their assortment very extensive, they being bought principally for cash, previous to any material rise in the markets, enables them to sell lower than the present prices. Amongst their Stock are Irish Linens, Shirting & Cambric Muslins, Linen Cambrics, Cambric Handkerchiefs, Furniture Dimities & Chintzes, Fine Mu Mul Leno & Ceded Muslins, Muslin Shawls, Mantles & Robes, Super undressed shirting Muslins, very fine Cambric Muslin for Cravats, veils, laces, shades, silks, crapes, Silk Shawls, Elastic India Crape, Ladies Beaver and Sraw Bonnets, Silk, Cotton & Worsted Hosiery and Gloves, Bleached country Linen for sheeting, Cloths, Cords, Blankets, Waiscoating, Carpeting, and many other Fancy and substantial articles, which will be sold low for Cash, and a liberal discount to persons to sell again. They also expect to receive in a few days, a quantity of best Ingraine, English, and Venetian CARPETING with other articles. Georgetown, February 6—2aw6w
By order of the Orphans Court of Prince George's County, The subscriber will sell, at public sale, to the highest bidder, on Thursday the 16th day of March next, if fair, if not, the next fair day, at the late residence of Joseph Ramsey Hodges, sen. deceased, near Baldwin's Tavern, in Prince George's county, all the personal estate of the said deceased, belonging to his dwelling plantation, consisting of a number of valuable negroes, amongst which are many young men, women, boys and girls, household furniture, horses, hogs, cattle, sheep and plantation utensils. And on Tuesday, the 21st day of March next, the subscriber will sell at public sale, to the highest bidder, at the residence of Joseph Ramsey Hodges, jun. near the Brick Church, in Prince George's county, all the personal estate of the said deceased, belonging to said plantation, consisting of a number of valuable negroes, amongst which are many young men, women, boys, and girls, household furniture, horses, hogs, cattle, and plantation utensils. The terms of sale are, twelve months credit for all sums above twenty dollars, the purchaser giving bond, with approved security—for all sums of twenty dollars, or less, cash will be demanded. Sale to commence at each place at 11 o'clock, and all the property will be sold without reserve. BENJAMIN HODGES, Adm. Feb. 24—epts.
A TANYARD TO BE RENTED, For a term of years, from the 2nd day of April next— THE premises consist of a good Dwelling House and Stable, with two Gardens; the Yard contains about 24 Sinks, a large Bark and Mill House, a Warehouse, Currying Shop, &c. Situate near the Capitol and Navy Yard, in the city of Washington. The present tenant will treat with any person who may rent this property, for the Stock of Leather, Hides, and Bark, which he may then have on hand. For further particulars enquire of ROBT. UNDERWOOD on the Pennsylvania avenue, who will shew the premises. February 17—tf THE STOCKHOLDERS of the Commercial Company of Washington are hereby notified that an instalment of Two Dollars & Fifty Cents on each share, is required to be paid at the office of the Company, on Monday the 20th of March next, agreeably to the Articles of Association. Those who neglect to pay will not be entitled to Dividend. JOSEPH FORREST, Pr. January 18—
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. RAN AWAY from the Subscriber's Plantation, near Lower Marlboro' in Calvert county, about the 15th of Jany. a Negro man by the name of Cuddy, he is about 50 years of age, 6 feet high, rather spare made, of a yellowish complexion and thin visage, stammers when spoken to, and one of his knees bends in, which makes him limp a little, but is scarcely perceivable. Whoever takes up said negro and secures him so that I get him again shall receive the above reward, if taken upwards of 20 miles from home, if under 20 miles 10 dollars. THOMAS BLAKE. March 6—3t
CARPENTERS, LABORERS, & TIMBER, wanted at the Washington Bridge. Enquire of Mr. Mills or Mr. Nottage at the Bridge. March 1—10t
TO RENT, THE BRICK HOUSE, on Virginia Avenue, near the Navy Yard, lately occupied by Mr. Josiah Fox. Enquire of FREDERICK MAY. March 1—10t
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, THAT I intend to petition to the next County Court of Charles, for the benefit of an act of insolvency. GEORGE BOARMAN Charles County, Jan. 6—2awm3. FOR SALE, Avaluable Family of NEGROES, consisting of a Man, who is a carpenter, his wife and seven children; all young and healthy BENJ. ODEN. Prince Georges county. Dec. 16—tf FOR SALE, A very likely healthy MULATTO GIRL, About 12 years of age—apply at this office. February 27—tf
CHARLES H. VARDEN, MERCHANT TAYLOR, RESPECTFULLY informs the gentlemen of the district of Columbia and Public in general, that he has received by a late arrival from Philadelphia, a Choice Assortment of superfine Cloths, Cassimeres, single and double milled, superfine Coatings, black silk Florentines. Likewise an elegant assortment Sponclees & rich silk Moleskins for Waist coats with a variety of other articles suitable for the season. Regimentals and Navy Uniforms made in the most elegant and uniform style of fashion. Richard Horwell's celebrated PATENT PARALLEL SUSPENDERS far superior to any hitherto in use can be had on the same terms retail, as at his Manufactory. November 27—tf
PROPOSALS BY THOMAS J. ROGERS & OTHERS, (Of Easton, Pennsylvania,) For publishing by subscription, a new and valuable work, to be entitled THE AMERICAN SENATOR, Or Select Debates in the Congress of the United States.
TO THE PUBLIC. IN offering this work to the American people, the Editors deem little need be said in its praise. It is to perpetuate as well the names as the talents of the sons of America, and to rescue from oblivion the eloquence of the American Senate. It has long been a source of regret to the lovers of oratory, that hitherto the debates in the Congress of the United States have been suffered to pass into oblivion, or preserved only in the ephemeral productions of the day. Orations, which would have done honor, to a Cicero or a Demosthenes, to a Chatham or a Curran, have been suffered to expire for the want of the fostering hand of a kind parent. No attempt has ever been made to give them a substance capable of enduring for ages to come. The Editors, proud of their country, and anxious to transmit to posterity monuments of her fame and glory, are determined to publish in volumes the speeches, that may be delivered by the Representatives of the people of the United States. These they are not ashamed to put in competition with the most eloquent of antiquity. If Rome had her Cicero, and Greece her Demosthenes, America had her Ames. If Great Britain boasts of her Burkes, her Faxes, and her Chathams, why may not America boast of her Madisons and her Dickenson, her Giles's and her Bayards, her Pinckneys and her Livingstons? In reading this work, the patriot may rejoice that his country has yet her defenders, and liberty her advocates. The student may contemplate with pleasure and delight the manly eloquence displayed by his countrymen, while the statesman may here study the true interests of his country. All ranks and all classes will be interested in a work, that has for its object, to preserve and perpetuate the talents and eloquence of our enlightened statesmen. In the formation of these volumes, the Editors will be guided by a strict and impartial attention to the merits of the speeches alone; and if, on any interesting question, a greater number of orations should be published on one side, than are to be found on the other, the Editors will not be considered as blameable. Nor can they be answerable, on which side, the strength of the argument will lie. Their object is to give to the world a fair specimen of American genius, and by publishing the debates on each side of any question which may be agitated, a better opportunity will be given to every citizen of thinking, and of judging for himself. It is in this manner, and in this manner alone, by enlightening the people of the United States, and exhibiting every measure proposed or adopted in its proper colors, that the liberties of the country will be preserved. Prefixed to the orations on any particular subject, a concise narrative will be given of the object of them, and the orations will be selected without reference to parties or politics. The Editors had intended to have commenced their publication with the next Presidency; but as the debates during the present session of Congress have been extremely interesting to men of all parties, the editors have thought it most proper to commence with them, as in all probability the debates during the ensuing legislature, will have a strong relation to the acts and proceedings of the present one.
CONDITIONS. I. The work shall be put to press as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers are obtained to defray the expenses of printing. II. The debates of each Session will be comprised in a large Octavo volume, to contain about 400 pages. III. The work shall be handsomely printed, on a good paper, with a new Small Pica Type, and delivered to subscribers at Two Dollars the volume in Boards. To non-subscribers the work will be enhanced. IV. A list of Subscribers' names will be given at the end of the work. Orders from Booksellers and others will be promptly attended to. Easton, February 27.
AT a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Commercial Company of Washington, held on the first Monday of February 1809, it was— Resolved, That Messrs. Smallwood, Kern, and Landay, be a committee to enquire into the propriety of fixing upon some place on the Eastern Branch for the permanent establishment of this company, and that they report to next meeting, to wit: on the third Monday of March next. JOSEPH FORREST, Pr. IN pursuance of the above resolution, PROPOSALS will be received at the Compting-house of S. N. Smallwood on Barry's wharf until the 16th of March next, from those persons who have and who wish to dispose of water property on the Eastern Branch, between 12th and South Capitol streets. SAML. N. SMALLWOOD, ALEX. KERR, ADAM LINDSAY. February 27—
LUKE KENT, CLOCK & WATCH-MAKER. (FROM PHILADELPHIA) F. Street between the Bank & Treasurer. Informs his friends and the public, that he continues to repair Clocks and Watches of every description in the best manner with his usual punctuality. Washington Jan. 20—
IN COUNCIL—ANNAPOLIS, FEB. 3, 1809 Ordered, That the resolution of the Legislature, passed at the last session, requesting the Governor and Council to procure information as to the probable expenses of erecting and furnishing a building of sufficient dimensions for the manufacturing annually one thousand stand of arms complete, be published twice a week for the space of four weeks, in the American and Federal Gazette at Baltimore; the Maryland Gazette at Annapolis; the Republican Advocate at Frederick-Town; the National Intelligencer; the Maryland Herald at Hager's-Town, and in Mr. Smith's paper at Eason. By order, NINIAN PINKNEY, Clk.
Resolved, That the Governor and Council be requested to procure, and submit to this House, at their next meeting, information as to the probable expenses of erecting and furnishing a building of sufficient dimensions for the manufacturing, annually, one thousand stand of arms complete, fifty brace of horsemen's pistols, one hundred horsemen's swords, and one hundred swords suitable for artillerymen, and the practicability of procuring workmen sufficient for the same, and the usual wages for such workmen, and as to the most eligible site for the erection of such buildings, the machinery of which, if necessary, to be worked by water, steam, or otherwise; and that by publication of this resolution, they give notice that they will receive description of and proposal for the sale of such site. And that they procure if practicable, the annual report of the different establishments of the same kind in the United States. February 17—taw4w
A NEW WORK. The private life of WASHINGTON, With a great number of original anecdotes, BY M. L. WEEMS, Ci-devant Rector of Mount Vernon Parish, and, for fifteen years, the intimate of the grey-haired veterans of the last century, who were the neighbors and companions of Washington. Criticism by Judge Brackenridge, dated Carlisle, Jan. 19th, 1809.
Dear Sir, I have read and read again your publication; the life of Washington; and you will not understand me as acknowledging it to be without defects when I take notice only of its excellencies. These indeed are very great. You have combined, with great felicity, the useful and the pleasant; historical information and amusing anecdote. You have drawn from both urns, of tears and of mirth. With a sudden transition we have the pathetic and the comic, and both irresistible. Your style is always perspicuous, and occasionally noble; in flights of imagery and richness of expression, rising to the sublime. But the great excellence of your book is the morality of the sentiment. I do not know a better to be put into the hands of young persons to raise the mind to political and moral virtue. It ought to be introduced into all schools; and to be in every family. With regard to biographical merit, the delineation is such as to give a view of character, not on a parade day, but as independent of command or station. This is the painting which interests. It is that alone which makes a likeness; for a mere outline wanting the expression, gives no physiognomy. I am, with much esteem, your's, H. H. BRACKENRIDGE.
For sale at Messrs. Milligan's, Weightman's, and Rapine's Book-Stores, and Mr. Tunis Craven, near the Navy Yard—a handsome pocket volume, and a fine portrait of Washington—price 87 1-2 cents. March 1—3t
CHARLES J. NOURSE Offers for sale 100 boxes of fresh Musca-del Raisins of superior quality. He has also received per the brig Orozimbo from Liverpool, 5 Bales of Plains, assorted 10 do Rose Blankets 2 do 6-4 Cloths 7 do Negro Cottons 5 do Flannels 4 do Carpeting 2 do Bocking Baie 3 Cases of 4-4 and 6-4 Cambric muslins 3 do Dimities 4 do Velvets and Cords 2 do Shirting Muslins which will be sold by the package or piece on reasonable terms—He has on hand 4th proof Cogniac Brandy, Holland Gin, New-York do. L. P. Madeira Wine, N. Y. Market do. Sherry do. Tenerife do. Port (old) do. Catalonia do. Bucellas do. Malaga do. TEAS—Imperial, Hyson, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin, Bohea.—Best soft shelled Almonds, Flotont Indigo, Muscovado Loaf and Lump Sugars, Bourbon & W. India Coffee, Molasses, & Rice. Mould, Dipt, and Spermaceti Candles, Castile, White and Brown Soap, London Mustard, Hare's best Philadelphia Powder in barrels of 3 doz. each, Pickles assorted, Martinique Cordials, best Havana Sugars, Table oil in bottles and flasks, Chocolate, Nutmegs, Mace, Cloves, Cinnamon, Pepper, Pimento, Turk's Island, Isle of May and Liverpool salt. Geo. Town, Feb. 3—2awtf.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD. LOST, a SILVER WATCH with bands telling the day of the month on the face of her, and capped—Mott, maker, New York. Whoever will return the Watch to this office, shall receive the above sum, and no question asked. Wednesday, March 1, 1809—
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS. THE Subscriber has an assortment of Garden Seeds, and mostly of his own saving last summer, for Sale at his Nursery Garden, Eastern Branch, and at Dr. Ott's Medicine Store, Georgetown. THEO: HOLT. Washington city, January 18—2aw2m
JUST PUBLISHED, And to be had at R. C. WEIGHTMAN'S Book-Store, A FOUR through part of Virginia, in the summer of 1808, in a series of letters, including an account of Harper's ferry, the natural bridge, the new discovery called Weir's Cave, Monticello, and the different Medical Springs, hot and cold Baths visited by the author. Price 37 1-2 cents. March 3—3t

EXTRA NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
MARCH 10, 1809.
Lieut. Gibbons this day arrived, from on board the U. States ship Union , which he left in the Delaware at New Castle.
The Union left Plymouth on the 2nd of January, and ever since leaving port has been exposed to the most furious storms.
By her dispatches are received, which, we understand, do not otherwise change the subsisting relations between the United States and Great Britain, than as they may be affected by the following order of council [extracted from the London Gazette of December 27th] the operation of which, so far as relates to this country, would seem to be nugatory, the late act of Congress interdicting intercourse with Great Britain and France excluding the British flag from our ports.
"His Majesty in virtue of the power reserved to him by two certain acts, passed in the forty-eighth year of his majesty's reign, the one intitled, "An Act for granting to his majesty, until the end of the next sessions of parliament, duties of customs on the goods, wares and merchandises, therein enumerated, in furtherance of the provisions of certain orders in council;" the other intitled, "An Act for granting to his majesty, until the end of the next session of parliament, certain duties on the exportation from Ireland of goods, wares and merchandise therein enumerated;" is pleased, by and with the advice of his privy council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that, until further orders shall be made herein , the operation of the aforesaid acts be suspended as to any duties on exportation granted by the said acts, so far as relates to articles
being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any country for the time being in amity with his majesty, and from the ports of which the British flag is not excluded, which articles have been or shall be, imported direct from such country into any port or place of the United Kingdom, either in British ships, or in ships of the country of which such articles are the growth, produce, and manufacture:
"And his majesty is further pleased, with the advice aforesaid, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the operation of the aforesaid acts be in like manner suspended as to any duties on the exportation of goods, wares, or merchandise which have been or may be condemned as prize."
Mr. Purviance, the bearer of dispatches from France, has not yet arrived, but is expected to-night.
By the Union , we have received London papers to the 29th of December, inclusive. They abound with speculations on American affairs, and particularly on the message of the President, and the early measures of Congress.
The only important news they furnish is gleaned principally from the 14th, 15th, and 16th Bulletins of the army of Spain; from which we learn, that Madrid surrendered to the French, very trifling previous resistance having been made, on the 5th of December, Bonaparte commanding in person; that tranquillity was soon restored, after little disturbance or injury to the inhabitants; that Gen. Ruffin had passed the Tagus at Aranjuez; that the whole of the country to the confines of La Mancha, was open to
French cavalry, which were advancing upon Portugal; and that the English were flying in every direction.
On the 28th of December, the British ministry had received dispatches from Corrunna, to the 14th instant.
The Morning Chronicle says—
"Sir John Moore's dispatches are dated the 8th inst. He was at that time totally ignorant of the French having entered Madrid. It is said that he was resolved to continue his position at Salamanca, for the purpose of effecting a junction with sir David Baird; to facilitate which he had pushed a corps forward to Zamora.
"The dispatches from sir D. Baird are of the 9th inst. dated from Villa Franca. He had not been able to commence his march, from the circumstance of part of his cavalry not having come up. The remainder of the 7th regt. and the advance of the 14th, were expected to arrive the next day, when they would begin their march on Salamanca; and there was no appearance of French troops to prevent them. The army, however, was most exceedingly distressed by the want of horses to drag their artillery along. The destruction of horses by the want of provender had been most calamitous; and the desolate state of that part of the kingdom afforded them no means of repairing the loss.
"We have still the assurances repeated, that the army of the marquis de Romana had reunited to the number of 20,000 men; and that the progress of the French had not stifled the patriotic flame in the breast of the people."