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FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
AN ACCOUNT OF A REMARKABLE ESTABLISHMENT OF EDUCATION AT PARIS.
"Your theories are good, but impracticable." This is the answer which every man who proposes a new plan of education must expect. He is sent away without examination, as a mere schemer, and blind practice still follows the old beaten path, conducted therein by another blind being, called custom.
The plan here detailed will not give room for this continual objection. It is not a romance that is now presented to amuse the public; it is the history of an institution which actually exists at Paris. There is a good sketch of it in the journal of Geneva of December, 1787. But the chevalier Paulet has enabled the writer of this to examine and verify every thing: he has recounted to him the progress of his thoughts on education: and it is from the chevalier's own relation that the following particulars are faithfully related.
This gentleman, born of an Irish family settled in France, served in the French army during the latter part of the German war. He quitted it at the peace, and lived at Paris in the midst of society, where he soon experienced that amusements do not form happiness. He might nevertheless have continued to spend his life in dissipation, had not a fortunate circumstance drawn forth both his virtues and his talents.
As he was hunting in the forest of Vincennes, he was struck with the cries of a child. He sought and found him in the bottom of a ditch, in which the water was accumulating from all sides. The poor child restored to life, told his story to his benefactor. Son of an invalid, and an orphan by the death of his mother, being left alone on the highway, he had subsisted on the generosity of travellers. Illness had prevented him during two days from coming out of the forest, and he had fallen into this ditch which he had not strength to quit.
The chevalier, from this moment adopted and took the greatest care of him, and made it his pleasure to become his instructor. After a few weeks, his ward, with tears in his eyes, brought him two children of his own age, who were beggars and hungry. Having been the companion of his adversity, he wished them to participate in his good fortune, and he had promised them that his friend would also be theirs. "But I cannot (said the chevalier) take them, I am not rich enough. Are you willing to share with them what I give you; your cloaths and your meals?" The child accepted the proposition with joy, and the chevalier, satisfied with the trial he had made, scrupled not to increase his family. He now becomes the father of three children; and as the desire of doing good is augmented by doing it, he took in more orphans of the neighbourhood, among whom he equally divided his care and his bounty. Growing more and more eager for such benevolent employments, he knew no other pleasure. Each day he retrenched some superfluity of his own expenses, and was astonished to find how easy it is to become truly rich, by reducing one's self to that alone which is necessary. But all his economy could do, did not satisfy his wishes. Fortune, however, soon seconded his designs. Hearing that a considerable inheritance had fallen to him, he made a vow of poverty . His plan, till then bounded by his circumstances, extended itself successively to two hundred children, whom he chose from the class of poor soldiers, or of gentlemen of no fortune to whom he intends that education should restore that which distress had taken away. There a besides these, one hundred of his pupils, who serve apprenticeships to
different trades, and he reserves room also for twenty-four young persons, to be able to encourage those who are recommended to him for talents and good behavior.
This seminary founded, by the beneficence and cares of one man, is excellent in its detail with respect to order, instruction and morality.
The chevalier Paulet, though he gives his young people a civil education, yet has preferred a military form, either from a remaining partiality for his first profession, or from the opinion that young people, being easily captivated by the dazzling appearance of a military life, can better submit to the strict discipline it imposes. Besides, he was well aware of the defects of the common schools, and has avoided them as much as he has been able to surmount the difficulties with which he is surrounded.
1. The pupils govern themselves. They are formed into divisions of forty, each of which has its captain: and there are besides, a major, a cornet, a serjeant, &c. These officers are members of a permanent council, which, meeting every night in public, hears all reports, judges all faults, and keeps a register. The internal police is entrusted to a guard, which is relieved at entry at the door alone has power to open and shut it. All the particulars of their administration are regulated by articles, which form the code of the commonwealth. When any new question arises, or when an appeal is made, the council addresses itself to their wise Mentor, who gives his advice, but never constrains; seeming rather to follow than guide them. He has thus often had reason to be surprised at the good sense of these children: who being accustomed to make use of their intellects, know how to examine the different sides of a question; and divest themselves of all partiality to pronounce a sentence that gains universal applause. He has not admitted those servile and arbitrary punishments, of which the least inconvenience is, that children disregard them, either through custom or false pride, and whose severity must be increased to preserve their effect. He has rejected the mistaken notion of those masters, who have found no better expedient than to condemn young people to an excess of labor, in order to punish them. In his house the guilty are condemned to idleness; standing fixed against a wall, they are subjected to a state of inaction, which is continued in proportion to their faults. If the crime is great the party is deprived of his uniform; and one may easily perceive how much the desire of regaining it is conducive to the fulfilling of the necessary condition.
2. The care of instructing is partly given to the pupils themselves. The chevalier having made choice of able masters and had the art of simplifying all methods of instruction, has by degrees acquired scholars capable of giving lessons to beginners. Nothing can be more interesting than to see in a large hall, several different classes, each of which occupies a table, over which presides a young master who exercises his utmost attention to prepare the members of it for passing into the hands of the professors. The young director cannot, however, grow too proud of his place; for when he leaves the table where he sat as master, he goes to another in quality of a scholar; perhaps under one of his juniors whom he had just before superintended. The chevalier related with pleasure, that the under drawing master, a youth of ten years old, giving an account of those under his care, said of one of them, "I think we shall never be able to do any thing with him; and I am afraid he will turn out ill in life." This anecdote is related, amongst others of the same kind, to show that the children attach themselves to the institution, and consider their honor as interested in its success. They are instructed in languages, history, literature, geography, mathematics, drawing, music, fencing and dancing. Care is taken to communicate learning to them gradually; and, as ostentation is of no account, they are not in a hurry to acquire learning only for show. He rather prefers leaving their minds long on the same study, that they may the better imbibe it; and his method of employing the more able, to assist the less able, is also very proper to make that enter into the judgement,
which most masters only place in the memory.
3. The Chevalier Paulet derives an advantage from his situation which cannot belong to every schoolmaster. Being at liberty to apply his pupils to the profession for which they seem most fit, he is not afraid of being desired to make a mathematician of one whom nature has designed for some mechanic employment. The caprices of parents do not here frustrate the intentions of nature. It is true that gentlemen's sons are qualified for study, while the children whom he intends for trade only learn reading, writing and accounts. But the Chevalier stops nobody in the full exertion of their talents; and having acquired by a long observation, the art of seeing the extent of a child's genius, and of perceiving their turn of mind, in spite of their inconstancy, his success is incredible. A boy, twelve years old, the son of a soldier, read to us a pastoral of his own composition in three languages; and the purity of the Latin and French gave us a good opinion of the German. Many of them are good translators, and some speak English tolerably well. A youth of fourteen had himself the charge of a class of geometry, and read to us, at the same time, a dissertation on Horace and Boileau, which showed wit and judgment. Two of his pupils have been sent to Rome, to perfect themselves in painting: the apartments are ornamented with their drawings. The Chevalier pointed out a picture to us, which one of them had finished without assistance; it is the resurrection of the son of the widow of Naïm. A celebrated artist of Paris, after having much praised it, wished to make some observations to the young man who was restored, appeared to him too animated. "The hand (said he) is stretched towards his mother with too much action; he is too much alive for a man that is just come out of the grave." "In my opinion (answered the young artist) Jesus did not raise him as a physician, but as a God." He was thirteen years old. The Chevalier has seen extraordinary talents for music display themselves by a like liberty given to the natural disposition. One of his teachers on the violin, aged fifteen years, has made an opera, which he says manifests genius: and we heard a concerto on the harp, a sonata on the harpsichord, and very agreeable symphonies, the composers of which were among the performers. It would be impossible for those who had not seen the musicians, to guess their age. A President of the Parliament of Bordeaux, who was visiting this institution, it is said, was so much struck with the abilities of a scholar of fourteen, in instructing his class, that he asked him of the Chevalier, to make him tutor to his son, of eight years old. The double employment of learning and of teaching, must certainly raise in this school a seminary of good masters.
When the intended additions shall be completed, and when the Chevalier has in his house three or four hundred people, chiefly intended for the arts, with workshops and good artists, one cannot doubt but that, in a short time, he will form able persons of every description. Always intent on consulting nature, he watches the first emotions of curiosity in a pupil, at the sight of the arts with which he is surrounded. Should a young novice be uneasy and agitated at the sight of a machine of which he wants to discover the principles, his sagacious patron sees a path pointed out; and, accustoming his fingers to the pencil, and his head to calculation, continually offers him new models, and engages him either to follow them, or to exercise his own invention. In the mean time all the arts being assembled in his house, the artists gain an universal knowledge, and improve by the light they reflect on one another. Other artists, in general, are not well acquainted even with their own profession, from being confined to that alone.
4. The care of morals is attended to, as well as the culture of the mind. "I cannot (says the Chevalier) make distinguished characters of all my scholars, but they may all become honest people." Very different this from those modern philosophers who make a practice of separating morals from religion; that they may the easier destroy them, one after the other: the Chevalier makes it his study to unite them. He had composed a ca-
techism, as plain as possible, with the doctrine he had to inculcate; and conceiving it absurd to give for trial to the capacity of a child that which requires the reason of a man, he had resolved that this part of instruction should be the last, and the best taken care of; but he has received so many representations, and knows so well the officious zeal of bigotry in calumniating the most innocent intentions, that he has again made use of the common catechism, and teaches it to children. But in spite of the clamor of some of the clergy, he has protestants in his house; and, as they are educated in the same manner as the Roman Catholics, toleration is not so much in question with them as a true unanimity.
We have seen how much the intent of this institution is conducive to the spreading of principles of equity, of moderation, and of mildness, among them; and to the inculcating mutual love. But the Chevalier explained the intention of several regulations of less importance, which tended to prevent vice, and to produce their effect without showing their design. He takes off from his vigilance the appearance of distrust, and contrives some probable reason which hinders curiosity from being gratified at the expence of morals. Experience has shown him, that the most efficacious method of surmounting the dangerous effervescence of puberty, consisted in violent exercises; which, by fatiguing the body, quiet the imagination; and, by furnishing innocent public recreation for youth, save them from the dangers of solitude and idleness. Each hour has its employment; even walking has its rules: and, as all the motions are accompanied with martial music, a beat of the drum is sufficient to assemble all the young people that are dispersed, and to bring them to their colors. This discipline has not the inconvenience of the authority of masters, which they are soon accustomed to elude. The Chevalier, in giving his pupils the charge of themselves, has found how to spare them lies, deceit, and all that apprenticeship of falsehood, to which children use themselves, to avoid constraint, and the arbitrary punishment of their teachers.
If there is an opportunity of giving an useful lesson, or a good example, the Chevalier does not fail to make use of it. A young soldier had been received into the invalids, who had quit the service with the admiration of his corps. He was carrying bombs, in a garrison that was under siege, for the service of a battery, and had his right arm taken away by a ball, which also wounded one of his comrades. "Poor fellow! (said he) was not there already mischief enough done, for you to be spared?" Then causing his load to be put on his left shoulder, he added, that he was bound to serve his country as long as he had an arm left. Paris was resounding with the praises of this young hero, when the Chevalier resolved that the presence of this brave soldier should excite the emulation of his pupils. After having related the fact, he adds, that this hero intended him the honor of dining with him, and that he invited all those of his scholars to meet him, whose names were not set down in register of any fault; since, to deserve to sit in company with a man who had so well fulfilled his duty, the party must never have neglected his own. The chevalier retires, the council assembles, the registers are consulted, and many of the young people find themselves excluded. Not a complaint, not a murmur is heard. They receive the maimed soldier with military honors; he is informed of all that passed; and the chevalier concludes by saying, that in order to reward the repentance and submission of those who had not been permitted, they might surround table, and drink his health. It is not probable that this scene will ever cease to be engraved on the hearts of these young people, or fail to leave deeper impressions than all the precepts of a superficial education.
5. It now remains to give some account of the economical part of the plan, to which the Chevalier Paulet attaches himself very much; first, because frugality is beneficence; and in the next place, he has observed, that, whatever superfluous expence is retrenched, some vice receives a check. For instance, he has discharged from his house mercenary domestics, a certain source of corruption. The scholars having the care of the house by turns,
learn early that useful occupations do not debase any one; and they themselves buy most of the things for their wants, which is an apprenticeship of life. There is no authority or depositance among them but what is reciprocal, and consequently without danger. Their dress is simple, but neat. In each division there are some who are entrusted with inventories of the linen and furniture, and these give an account to others, who are to examine and see that nothing is lost, and that all that is worn be repaired in time. Each pupil is committed to the care of another, and when any negligence is observed, they not only blame the one immediately guilty, but him who, in quality of inspector, ought to take care of him—the young gentlemen are not exempted from domestic employments; they preside like the rest over the kitchen, with this distinction, that they do not put their hands to anything.
When the Chevalier shall have improved his plan, and has in his house the necessary workmen, he will not have recourse to any strange tradesmen. He has in particular resolved to give a large extent of land for cultivation, and to form a great number of gardeners; not only to provide them with the resource of an useful occupation, but also to profit by their labor and sell the productions of his garden in the metropolis. If he is deceived in his calculations, his benevolence alone has seduced him into error. Always animated by grand motives, he seems to forget all that he has done, to think of what he may yet do. The execution of his new plans requiring adequate means, the king has granted him 32,000 livres, to replace the interest of the capital he applies to his new buildings, the plan of which may serve as a model to all establishments of this kind.
This worthy man is entirely devoted to the cares of this large family; he thinks and acts only for his children. His equipage consists only in a little phaeton; and coarse linen and a mean coat compose his apparel. This neglect of himself has something moving & great; it shows forgetfulness of himself, and a perfect indifference for all but his chief object. Endowed with great activity, he undertakes every thing without confusion and without noise. He studies all tempers; he corrects the defects of youth with patience, and encourages those that do well by praises, not so much intended to excite self love, as to create a desire of surpassing themselves. As for those who do not succeed, he never puts them to the blush: "They are unhappy enough (says he) in wanting abilities & application, and they are punished enough by the shame of studying under their juniors." A well judged indulgence is the ground work of his method. He loves his pupils too well not to be beloved by them. It was very interesting to observe their sentiments differing with their ages. They had no servile fear, but an honest confidence animated their looks. They answer strangers who speak to them with a modest assurance. Dissatisfaction is less felt there than in any other place of education, because the greater part of the youth are employed in what they chuse, and because their studies are varied with useful recreation and walks. Their patron interests himself in their amusements as well as in their labors. "They must be happy (said he) that they may be good."
All the pains he takes to finish what he has so nobly begun, become pleasures. What pure happiness must this feeling man enjoy in the midst of these many pupils, to whom, in lieu of misery, dereliction, idleness, vice, and all its dangerous consequences, he gives a happy youth, a virtuous education, industrious habits, an advantageous trade, and returns them back to society, after having made them good citizens.
The modesty of this good man is equal to his beneficence. His school, established these fifteen or sixteen years, is hardly known at Paris. This obscurity is his glory; but it is fortunate that he is taken from it, as it is hoped that so fine an example will not remain without imitators.
Edinburgh Magazine for May 1788.
FROM THE CHARLESTON CITY GAZETTE
In perusing lately some state papers, my attention was particularly attracted by an important and masterly

report of Secretary Gen. Hamilton, on Domestic Manufactures, communicated to the lower House of Congress in January 1790. It takes up all the objections which have been brought forward against the introducing manufactures into the United States and in an able and lucid manner completely refuting them. As a specimen of the spirit of the report, and to show the absurdity of some federalists who have charged the domestic manufacturers exclusively with promoting Domestic Manufactures, merely out of malice and hatred to British commerce, and not rather to sound policy, we quote from the continued embarrassment we experience with foreign imports, as well as the oppressing policy of Europe in an unequal exchange of our raw materials for her manufactured commodities leaving an unfavorable balance of trade in her favor.
"The expediency of encouraging manufactures in the U. States, which was, not long since deemed very questionable, appears at this time to be pretty generally admitted. The embarrassments which have obstructed the progress of our external trade, have led to a reflection on the necessity of enlarging the sphere of our domestic commerce: the restrictive regulations which in foreign markets abridge the vent of the increasing surplus of our agricultural produce, serve to beget an earnest desire, that a more extensive demand for that surplus be created at home. A'd the complete success which has rewarded manufacturing enterprise, in some valuable branches, conspiring with the promising symptoms which attend some less mature essays in others, justify a hope, that the obstacles to the growth of this species of industry, are less formidable than they were apprehended to be; and that it is not difficult to find in its future extension, a full indemnity of any external disadvantages which are, or may be experienced, as well as an accession of resources favorable to national independence and safety."
He further adds that from the restrictions and impediments thrown in our way to the emissions of her own commodities—"In such a restriction we cannot exchange with Europe on equal terms, & the want of reciprocity would finally if persevered in on the part of Europe, & submitted to on our part, would expose us to impoverishment, compared with the opulence to which our political and natural advantages authorize us to expect. 'Tis for the nations, whose regulations are alluded to, to judge for themselves, whether by aiming at too much, they do not lose more than they gain. 'Tis for us to consider by what means we can render ourselves least dependent on the combinations, rights and wrongs, of foreign policy."
"It is no small consolation, that already the measures which have emblassed our trade, have accelerated internal improvements, which, upon the whole, have bettered our affairs. To diversify and extend those improvements is the surest and safest method to indemnify ourselves for any inconveniences which such has a tendency to beget. If Europe will not trade with us upon equal terms, and respect our rights, the natural remedy is, to contract our wants, and suspend our intercourse with her."
FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS.
ENGLISH TRADE AND TAXES.
Liverpool, July 3, 1809.
Notwithstanding the heavy supplies which have been received during the last three weeks, our market has in several instances, very perceptibly improved. This event is the more gratifying, inasmuch as it was unexpected, for the prevailing impression, at the first appearance of your vessels was, that a further reduction would ensue, before any revival could be reasonably expected. The market was unquestionably very bare of American produce, and as the prices had fallen to a standard, comparatively low, the dealers and consumers were induced, from these circumstances, to purchase very freely. Sales, to a large extent, have consequently been effected, as many of the holders were, at the same time, anxious, by availing themselves of the existing disposition, to guard against that reverse, which the heavy supplies, daily expected, might be calculated to produce. This extensive demand, combined with a temporary suspension of any very considerable imports, appear to us the principal causes to which this favorable change may be ascribed. It is also deserving of attention, that, owing to the great number of ships now in port, and the consequent difficulties in discharging, much of the produce which has arrived is not yet actually in the market; and hence it is generally supposed, that the improvement which we have noticed, will not be permanent, for as soon as the dealers have acquired a tolerable supply, the present demand will in some degree subside, and a decline naturally ensue, while the imports continue unrestricted. On the
other hand it may be expected that the arrivals will hereafter come forward in more regular succession, and although in a given period, the aggregate of the supplies may be nearly equal, yet, the effects of an accumulating stock, from being less sensibly perceived, will, it is hoped, be partially diminished. Much however will depend, as at all other times, on the relative proportion existing between the demand and the supply, of which the progress of events alone, can enable us to form a correct estimate.
The long suspension of intercourse with your country depriving us of the requisite supplies of Cotton and at the same time materially diminishing the extent of the demand for our manufactures, had imposed serious hardships upon those engaged in that trade—These evils being now apparent, in a fair way to be removed, our cotton works are once more busily employed, and both spinners and manufacturers are prosecuting their respective departments with spirit and activity, under the expectation that the prospects for the manufactured article will gradually improve. There has, in consequence been a brisk demand for the raw material, chiefly by the regular trade. The speculators, it is understood, have bought very little; conceiving the prices would still be lower, they were not prepared to expect so early an advance. In the course of the last three weeks, upwards of 22,000 bags have been sold, of which there may be about 12,300 bags of American cottons. The total quantity imported from all parts into this place, since the 10th ult. has been about 52,000 bags, of which 35,400 bags are from the United States. The common cottons are principally the objects of attention, although the fine descriptions are also in fair demand. Good Uplands have obtained 14 3-4 a 15d. and one very superior parcel has reached 15 1 2d. New Orleans, according to quality, have sold at 1s. 4d. a 1s. 5 1 2d. Sea Island, middling to fine, 1s. 10d. a 2s.—and very fine 2s. 1d. a 2s. 3d. per lb. For the last two days, sales have not been so readily effected, and these prices could scarcely now be realized. With regard to the future prospects, there are various opinions, but it may be expected that, while the prices are moderate the demand will, upon the whole, be extensive, although, as usual, subjected to occasional fluctuations, arising from the changeable character of the times. We apprehend, however, that the heavy imports, which are constantly coming from the Brazils, and the anxiety with which they are occasionally pressed upon the market, may interfere with the sale, and consequently depreciate the value of American cottons, particularly certain kinds of Sea Islands. It may also be worthy of remark, that many of our manufacturers who have a regular trade with the United States, considering that our relations are still unsettled, and believing that your market is largely stocked with cotton goods, have concluded to shut very cautiously , until affairs are in a state more calculated to inspire confidence.
The demand for tar has lately been considerable, and as the prices are now pretty moderate, both speculators and dealers have bought largely; it may be quoted at 26s a 28s. per barrel. Should our regular supplies from Sweden suffer any interruption, while the ports of Russia continue shut against us, it can scarcely be expected that the quantity which is produced in America will be equal to the consumption. Calculating on these circumstances, the prospects are, upon the whole, very favorable. The stocks of Turpentine having been almost entirely exhausted, the distillers were under the necessity of coming into the market very freely, and from the competition which was naturally excited, the prices have been materially advanced; the good soft qualities are now worth 19s. a 20s. per cwt. For some time past large supplies of French spirits of turpentine have been imported through the medium of Holland into the London market; the quantity we believe, may be equal to the produce of about 18,000 barrels, this will doubtless militate against the demand which we might have otherwise experienced from that quarter. About the beginning of the year, spirits of turpentine sold as high as 28l. a 30l.; prices so extravagant and tempting, could scarcely fail to secure a supply, in opposition to all restrictive measures; as this inducement is now removed by the article having fallen to 5l. a 5l. 5s. per cwt. the imports, it may be expected, will naturally decrease.
The fine qualities of rice are bought pretty freely by the grocers at 24s a 26s. per cwt. It cannot, however, be supposed, while our export demand is suspended, that our internal consumption alone will be adequate to that abundant supply which has usually come from the U. S.
The demand for flour is regular
and extensive; some parcels from Baltimore have been sold as low as 43s 6d. New York. Philadelphia obtain generally, 45s. a 47s. per barrel. Wheat is extremely dull; the prices of American may be, nominally 12s. 6d. a 13s. per seventy pounds. So long as flour can be bought, comparatively lower, wheat will, of course, be neglected. Both these articles, for two months past, have been regularly on the decline. When the deficiency in the wheat crop of 1808 is considered, and at the same time our total exclusion from all foreign supplies, the depression is surprising, inasmuch as it was unexpected. The alarm, which the prospect of immense arrivals from America has excited, is perhaps, the only explanation which can be given of the fact. But since it has acquired more importance, than the public estimation, than the case seems to justify, we shall endeavor to place the matter in a clearer light. The quantity of wheat imported into this place, since the 10th inst. is about 66,000 bushels, besides 59,000 barrels of flour, being in aggregate equal to about 302,000 bushels of wheat. Although to some, who take Liverpool only into consideration, these imports may appear heavy, yet, if a more comprehensive view is taken of the subject, we shall find, that, compared with the consumption of the kingdom, they lose much of that consequence with which they have been invested. To make this still more evident, let us suppose that our population is about 9,000,000, and estimating the average consumption of each individual at 8 bushels, annually, the total quantity imported here would scarcely furnish two days subsistence. The effects, then, it appears, rest almost entirely on idea, and not on any real or relative magnitude; but however evident this may be, it is insufficient to obviate the effects of that opinion, which has taken possession of the public, of the extent or continuance of which we can form no calculation. As so much now depends on the state of the weather, our future prices will be governed more by this than by any other circumstance.
Ashes have been very much depressed. The best pots were sold as low as 41s. a 42s. and pearls at 49s. a 50s. per cwt. Although the market is rather improving, the buyers will scarcely venture to purchase extensively, until they can ascertain with more accuracy, the supplies which are expected from Canada, and the quantity which may yet be imported from the U. States.
Very few of the tobaccos, which have just arrived, are yet discharged; but should they prove of good quality, (which is extremely scarce) the manufacturers seem disposed to purchase freely at the present prices. James's river 2 1-2d. a 7d.—Potomac 2 1 1/2d. a 5 1/2d.—Rappahannoc 2d. a 4 1/2d.—& stemmed 5 1 1/2d. a 8d. per lb.
The season for sowing flax seed being now closed, those parcels which have lately arrived, or which are still to come forward, must of course, be used for crushing. About 1,200 casks have accordingly been sold to the manufacturers at 11s 6d a 12s. per Winchester bushel.
The arrivals of staves have been considerable; but as they were extremely scarce in all parts of the country, the demand has been extensive, & uncommonly brisk; the prices, particularly of barrel, have rapidly advanced, and New-York white oak are now worth 16l. 10s. a 17l. Philadelphia have been sold at 17l. 10s. & higher prices are still asked—Hogshead may be quoted at 22l. a 26l. according to quality; and pipe at 27l. a 33l. per M.
Timber having been, for a long time very much wanted, several cargoes, recently arrived, have been bought as soon as they were loaded & the demand continues regular and extensive. We believe that the orders which have been received from the country dealers only, would be sufficient to take off all the common pine, which has yet been imported, provided contracts could be made at 3s. per foot, which is the extent of their present limits.—The market is, however, considerably higher, and Massachusetts pine may be quoted 3s. 2d. a 3s. 4d. & pitch pine 4s. a 4s. 3d.—Oak logs 4s. a 4s. 2d.—Hard wood 3s. 3d. a 3s. 6d. per foot. Pine plank 5 1-2d. a 6d. per foot of two inches thick, and boards 3 1-2d. a 4d. per foot of one inch thick.
The decree which prohibited the importation of colonial goods from Holland into France, being rescinded, has, in conjunction with the present state of affairs in Germany, given rise to various surmises, and encouraged a few of our merchants and manufacturers to hope that, by the removal of some of the existing difficulties, a communication with the continent through the medium of Holland, would be rendered less hazardous; however slender & distant the prospect may be, it has created rather in favor of cotton and tobacco. But, as this conjecture rests almost entirely
on presumptive grounds, we may reasonably suppose that the exporters will wish to see their way more clearly, before they embark in speculations which may finally close in disappointment and loss—a termination which, in similar cases, has been but too frequently experienced.
We annex an account of the principal articles imported here from America since the 10th ult. and also of the total imports of the same kinds of produce in the year 1807, which we hope, may be interesting, as it will
afford you the means of judging what proportion the supplies of the former bear to those of the latter period.
A bill consolidating the duties of customs has passed both Houses of Parliament, of which we subjoin an extract containing the duties payable on the principal articles of American produce imported into Great Britain from and after the 5th July, 1809, to which we refer you.
We are respectfully, Your assured friends, Wm. & RICH. RATHBONE.
IMPORTED INTO LIVERPOOL.
Comparative view of twenty one days and one year.
   From the 10th to the 30th June, 1809, inclusive. From 1st Jan. to 30th Dec. 1807, inclusive.     Cotton 35,400 bags Cotton 142,450 bags   Wheat 66,000 bushels Wheat 624,560 bushels   Flour 59,000 barrels Flour 128,590 barrels   Turpentine 9,900 do. Turpentine 18,775 do.   Tar 9,540 do. Tar 12,720 do.   Ashes 7,260 do. Ashes 12,777 do.   Rice 5,575 tiers & casks Rice 8,977 tiers & casks   Tobacco 2,65 hds. Tobacco 5,837 hds.   Besides 12 cargoes of timber and 900 M. staves.  
A Schedule of the duties of Customs payable, from and after the 5th July, 1809, on the Importation, into G. Britain, of the following goods produce of the U. States of America. The temporary or war duties are to continue in force during the present war, and for 6 months after the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace.
   DESCRIPTION OF GOODS. IN AMERICAN VESSELS. IN BRITISH VESSELS. AMERICAN. PER.   Present duties. Shipping to be paid 6 months after the event of war. Present duties. Shipping to be paid 6 months after the event of war. Duties. Shipping.     Ashes 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 2 3 Cwt.   Bark Quercitron 0 0 8 0 6 0 0 8 0 0 6 0 3 4 do.   Bees Wax, unmanufactured 2 16 0 2 16 0 2 16 0 2 16 0 31 98 do.   Cotton 1 5 0 17 0 0 0 16 0 1 5 0 9 48 100lb.   Deer Skins, undressed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 Skins.   Flour, when the average price of wheat on importation is under 63s. per quarter 0 9 0 6 9 0 9 0 0 6 9 0 3 50 Cwt.   at or above 63s. but under 66s. per quarter 0 2 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 1 6 0 6 67 do.   at or above 66s. per quarter 0 1 0 1 6 0 1 4 0 1 0 5 52 do.   Flax Seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Bushel.   Indian Corn, if the average price of Barley at the port of importation, is under 31s. 6d. per quarter 1 10 0 1 2 0 1 10 0 1 2 0 7 67 Quarter.   high duty per quarter at or above 31s. 6d. but under 35s. per quarter, first low duty, the quarter 0 1 8 0 1 3 0 1 8 0 1 3 0 66 do.   at or above 35s. per quarter, second low duty per qr. 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 do.   Indigo 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 8 0 3 0 12 lb.   Pig Iron 0 14 8 0 11 0 0 14 8 0 11 0 0 3 3 Ton.   Pitch, the last of 12 barrels, each barrel not exceeding 31 1-2 gallons 1 5 4 0 19 0 1 4 0 0 18 0 0 9 79 Last.   Resin 0 4 8 0 3 6 0 4 0 0 3 6 0 1 9 Cwt.   Staves, not exceeding 36 inches long, 3 inches thick, 7 wide 0 11 4 0 8 6 0 11 0 0 8 3 0 4 41 120   from 36 to 50 in. long 3 in. thick, 7 inches wide 1 1 4 0 15 0 1 0 8 0 15 6 0 8 30 do.   from 50 to 60 do. do. do. 1 8 4 1 1 3 1 7 4 1 0 6 0 11 2 do.   from 60 to 70 do. do. do. 2 1 4 1 11 0 2 0 4 1 10 5 0 16 8 do.   upwards of 72 do. do. do. 2 8 0 1 16 0 2 5 8 1 14 5 0 18 67 do.   Tar, the last of 12 barrels, each barrel not exceeding 31 1-2 gallons 0 19 4 0 14 6 0 18 0 0 13 6 0 7 53 Last.   Turpentine, common 0 3 8 0 2 9 0 3 8 0 2 9 0 1 42 Cwt.   Tobacco, may be deposited in the king's warehouse without payment of duty   Timber, Pine, 8 inches square or upwards 1 8 8 1 1 6 1 7 4 1 0 6 0 11 15 Load.   Oak, do. do. 1 7 4 1 0 6 1 6 0 0 19 6 0 10 61 do.   Beech plank, two inches thick or upwards 2 2 0 1 11 6 2 1 0 1 10 9 0 16 33 do.   Oak, do. do. 2 10 8 1 18 0 2 9 0 1 16 9 0 19 70 do.   Beech boards, under two inches and under fifteen feet in length 3 18 8 2 19 0 3 15 4 2 16 6 0 30 83 do.   Do. 15 feet in length or upwards 7 17 4 5 18 0 7 10 8 5 13 0 0 61 19 120   Oak boards, under two inches thick and under 15 feet in length 7 17 4 5 18 0 7 12 0 5 14 0 0 61 49 do.   Do. fifteen feet in length or upwards 15 11 4 1 11 16 0 15 4 0 11 8 0 122 37 do.   Lath wood, under five feet in length 2 2 8 1 12 0 2 1 0 1 10 9 0 16 59 fathom.   Do. five feet in length or upwards 3 2 4 2 6 9 3 1 0 2 5 9 0 23 69 do.   Wheat, if the average aggregate price is under 63s. per qr. at or above 63s. but under 66s. per quarter 1 13 4 1 5 0 1 13 4 1 5 0 0 12 17 Quarter.   at or above 66s. per quarter 0 3 4 0 2 6 0 3 4 0 0 6 0 1 30 do.   0 0 8 0 0 6 0 0 8 0 0 6 0 23 do. do.  
Remarks of the Democratic Press.
We have added to Messrs. Rathbone's very intelligent letter and price current, a column reducing the sterling money paid as duty, for goods imported into the United Kingdom, into dollars and cents. It is our wish that whilst the mercantile interest are conversant in the nominal currency of G. B. the title of the ground should like wise know to what it amounts in our real coin.
Our readers will observe the enormous tax on our great staple commodity, Cotton—94 2 cents per pound. It is well known that almost all the cotton shift from the U. S. is for American account—the duty is, therefore, for that very reason, so exorbitant as to bear no proportion to any article which we import from England, although all the articles we import from that country are likewise for our own account. It is worthy of the intelligent reader to observe that the duties in British and American bottoms on onion-seed, indigo, pitch, resin, & turpentine , are the same. These articles will by a reference to Messrs. Rathbone's letter be found to be in great demand, and of the first necessity.
But the most important consideration is the enormous revenue which G. B. derives from the productions of this country. It is in vain to say these imports are taxes on the consumers. A few remarks on the article of cotton will completely silence every observation of that nature. It is a fact that when cotton paid in G. Britain a duty of three pence sterling per pound, the price of that article was generally much higher than at the present moment, when the duty is so greatly increased; as the far greater part of the cotton shipped from this country is for American account, and as the excess of duty must necessarily operate against the net proceeds, unless the price of the article increases in proportion—it follows that the present very heavy duty is an indirect but efficient tax on the industry of our planters. Viewing this imposition as one of our many grievous complaints against G. B. the statement about to be given will show the force and policy of the embargo, in one of its strongest points of view.
It is acknowledged that the embargo was the result, as well of the iniquitous English orders in council of November 1807, and January 1808, as of the French effects issued about the same time; its object was therefore to coerce the belligerents by the most effectual means in our power, to do us justice, and to respect our neutrality. Suppose we take the imports into Liverpool for the year 1807, as a criterion of quantity for the present year, and estimate the duties thereon according to the present tariff, and allowing that Liverpool imports as much as all the other ports of G. B. and Ireland in

cluded, we shall find the amount of duties thereon as follows:
   ARTICLES. QUANTITY. AD VALOREM. AD VALOREM.     Cotton 14,400 bales var. pr. 300 lbs. each 4,400,000 00   Wool 600,000 bushels 18,007 12 3/4 1,000,000 00   Flax 120,000 bushels 27,000 00 1,000,000 00   Wheat 18,720 bbls. do. 27,000 00 1,000,000 00   Barley 12,000 bbls. do. 18,000 00 1,000,000 00   Oats 12,000 bbls. do. 18,000 00 1,000,000 00   Maize 12,000 bbls. do. 18,000 00 1,000,000 00   Beans 12,000 bbls. do. 18,000 00 1,000,000 00   Peas 12,000 bbls. do. 18,000 00 1,000,000 00   Hay 3,840,000 tons 12 3/4 per ton 1,337,126 87   Timber do. do. 12 3/4 per ton 3,416,352 59   10,770,000 01   10,770,000 01   10,770,000 01   10,770,000 01   10,770,000 01  
After having read this plain statement of facts and figures, we ask our readers to appreciate the importance of the embargo. Had it continued had it been justly enforced, the diminution it would have occasioned in the revenue of G. B. independent of all other considerations, would have materially aided our negotiations; a reduction of upwards of five millions of pounds sterling in their annual receipts backed by a non-intercourse could not have failed to have convinced the tyrant of the sense that our hostility must be respected, and the voice of justice obeyed.
WASHINGTON CITY. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30.
Berlin.—In the National Intelligencer of Wednesday last, for national, we read national, in the National article 3d page, 5th line—in the 11th line of the same article, for intelligence, read a question. In the N. T. of Friday, 2d ed. of 2d p. 5th, 5th line, for now, read now.
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
A piece in the Independent American, signed Potomac, on the improvement of agriculture and commerce of the country bordering that river, has occasioned the following:
DELAWARE TO POTOMAC.
Dear Brother, I see by a late paper of Mr. Patterson, a printer in your Georgetown, that you can write; and, I therefore presume you can read. On this presumption, and by the help of Mr. Smith, another of your printers, I will address a few lines to you. I hope you will not take it amiss; for I really think that your correspondence may become as useful, if not to ourselves, at least to our subjects (or citizens as they choose to be called), as most of that which they carry on between themselves.
It is reported among us, that your people are building a famous city upon your banks, as my people have done upon mine; and that, like me, you are destined to support the weight of a great commercial and imperial capital. In fact it is said (though I have not been able to perceive it by any diminution of pressure on my sides) that the seat of empire has already passed from me to you. If so, you must hear me with patience; and though you feel power you must not forget right. My son, Schuylerkill, has been complaining to me these some years past of the depredations made upon his banks to ornament and enrich yours. He says his limestone and his marble are torn from his very bowels, and carried away by ship-loads, not only to countries destitute of these things, where there might be some excuse for such depredations, but to you, my dear brother, to your borders and banks, to a country abounding in these precious ponderous materials.
My son informs me further, that having cut up his limestone, they cut down his trees, those waving ornaments of which the boy is so proud; and with these they burn the stones into lime, and with these they built ships to carry it off. Thus he is robbed of his mbs and shorn of his locks, and all this to no purpose, he says, but to help those who can, but will not, help themselves. It is in vain that I endeavor to comfort him by opening his eyes to the true principles of commerce; that the value of these privations must be repaid by reciprocal advantage; that the wealth which flows back from your people to mine, must go to enrich our plants and ornament our banks in one way or another; that wheat fields & orchards, and handsome houses and a joyful industrious population are real acquisitions, and are worth more to us than the tanning raw material that we send abroad to purchase them. These are arguments for him, and they are true; but to you, my dear Mack, I must use a different language, and one which is likewise true.
You know I love you, my potent friend, and cherish all the ties of interest as well as kindred that exist between us. We are born in the same country, we mingle in the same sea, we drift from the same clouds. Not a son a wind blows, but I feel myself refreshed by your vapors descending in my rains; and I am happy in the idea that my northern airs carry the same benefits to you. This arid gratuitous commerce between ourselves, is and ought to be attended, by that gainful and necessary commerce among our people suited to their respective situations. For this I freely lend my wits, my ships, my lights, my bony; for this I drive away my foe as early in the year as the frost will let me; and for this I receive your productions, such as they are, on the same footing with my own.
But really, brother Mack, there is a great deal of truth in what your nephew, my son, has to say. According to the accounts of all travellers, you have the limestone and the marble in great abundance on all your banks and on all your upper branches. There is your lazy Monoc-
sin, your long Shenadoah, your crooked crotched sons of the west, ray you yourself in all your giant bulk, are studded with these rocks; you are lined and bedded in the future palaces of your people. Why do they not bring them out? The wood is yours, the stones are yours, they both lie on your banks, and your navigation is open, or you pretend it is, to the places where they lie. Why do they pay three dollars a barrel for my lime and that of our brothers and cousins of the north, when you could give it to them in all your cities at one dollar a barrel? Excuse the mention of money; for you and I, though not of the race of mortals, must speak their language when we speak of their affairs and use their pen and ink.
Let me hear from you, my dear brother Potomac, on this subject. I shall write you again as soon as our interests or our affections require.
DELAWARE.
We extract the following from a letter written June 19, 1809, by President Adams in reply to one received from S. Perley. Its frankness does honor to the writer:
"The newspapers have represented my writings as monarchical, as having a monarchical tendency; as aristocratical, as having an aristocratical tendency. In answer to these charges, I only wish to have them read. I have represented the British constitution as the most perfect model that has as yet been discovered or invented by human genius and experience, for the government of the great nations of Europe. It is a master piece. It is the only system that has preserved or can preserve the shadow, the color, or the semblance of liberty to the people, in any of the great nations of Europe."
"Consider the republics of Venice, Holland and Switzerland; not a particle of liberty to the people was preserved in any of them, more than there is in France, nor so much neither."
"Our own constitutions I have represented as the best for us, in our peculiar situation, while we preserve ourselves independent and unallied to any of the great nations of Europe. An alliance with either France or England, would, in my humble opinion, soon put an end to our fine system of liberty."
"Let me give you a few hints of the history of my defence of the constitutions of government of the U. S."
"In 1775 and 1776 there had been great disputes in Congress and the several states concerning a proper constitution for the several states to adopt for their government. A convention in Pennsylvania had adopted a government in one representative assembly, and Dr. Franklin was President of that convention. The Doctor when he went to France in 1776, carried with him the printed copy of that constitution and it was immediately propogated through France that this was the plan of government of Mr. Franklin. In truth, it was not Franklin's, but Timothy Mackay, James Cannon, Thomas Young, and Thomas Paine, were the authors of it. Mr. Turgot, the Duke de la Rochefoucauld, Mr. Condorcet, and many others, became enamored with the constitution of Mr. Franklin. And in my opinion the two last owed their final and fatal catastrophe to this blind love."
"In 1780, when I arrived in France, I carried a printed copy of the report of the grand committee of the Massachusetts convention which I had drawn up. And this became an object of speculation. Mr. Turgot, the duke de la Rochefoucauld, Mr. Condorcet and others admired Mr. Franklin's constitution and repobated mine. Mr. Turgot in a letter to Dr. Price, which Dr. Price printed in London, censured the American constitutions as adopting three branches in imitation of the constitution of G. Britain."
"The intention was to celebrate Franklin's constitution and condemn mine. I understood it; and undertook to defend my constitution, and it cost me three volumes."
"In justice to myself, however, I ought to say that it was not the miserable vanity of justifying my own work, or eclipsing the glory of Mr. Franklin, that induced me to write. I never thought of writing, till the assembly of Notables in France had commenced a revolution, with the duke de la Rochefoucauld and Mr. Condorcet at their head, who I knew would establish a government in one assembly, and that I knew would involve France and all Europe in all the horrors we have seen—carnage and desolation for forty, perhaps, for an hundred years."
"At the same time every western wind brought us news of town and country meetings in Massachusetts, adopting Mr. Turgot's ideas, condemning my constitution, reprobating the office of Governor, and the assembly of the Senate as expensive, useless and pernicious branches, and not only to lop them off, but rising in rebellion against them."
"In this situation I was determined to wash my hands of the blood that was about to be shed in France, Europe and America, and show to the world that neither my sentiments nor my actions should have any share in countenancing or encouraging any such pernicious, destructive and fatal schemes. In this view I wrote my defence of the American Constitutions. I had the Massachusetts constitution in view, and such others as agreed with it in the distribution of the Legislative power into three branches; in separating the Executive from the Legislative power; and the Judiciary from both."
"These three volumes had no relation to the constitution of the U. S. That was not in existence; and I scarcely knew that such a thing was in contemplation, till I received it at the moment my third volume was about to issue from the press. I had barely time to annex it to the end."
"I was perfectly acquainted with Mr. Turgot, the Duke de la Rochefoucauld, and Mr. Condorcet. They were as sensible, learned and honest men as any in France. But such was their inexperience in all that relates to free government; so superficial their reading in the science of government, and so obstinate in their confidence in their own good characters in science and literature, that I would trust the most ignorant of our honest town-meeting orators to make a constitution of government, sooner than any or even all of them."
Since the publication of our last paper we have received another number of the Boston Repository, which adds to the federal attestations to the correctness of the measures lately taken by the President.
"On a subject, which we are informed has employed able pens on opposite grounds, and which we have not yet had time to examine maturely, we hesitate at pronouncing at once a decided opinion. Our impression on reading the Proclamation was, that the president, finding that the condition on which alone Congress authorized the removal of the Non-Intercourse, had never existed, found himself in duty bound to give notice, that the commerce of the United States must of course return to its horrid state of interdiction. From the slight attention we have been able to pay to the arguments, and from our recollection of the acts relating to the subject, we are yet of that opinion. The provision in the law, of June 28th, which excepted our trade with G. B. from the interdiction of that law, was predicated essentially on a condition; and that condition was, that the trade restored, was restored conformable to the non-intercourse act of March."
"It therefore appears to us that whatever disposition the President might have to perpetuate the relief to us, which he gave by his first proclamation, he was compelled by the nature of the act of June 28th, the last on the subject, to let the acts of our national legislature take their course."
Departed this life at Cumberland, (Md.) on Sunday the 6th instant, after a severe and pious indisposition, which she bore with christian fortitude, Mrs. Sarah McMahon, the amiable and much beloved consort of Mr. William McMahon, of that place.
"On this side, and on that, men see their friends drop off like leaves in Autumn."
The following is a letter recently received by Mr. Wheaton of this City.
Providence, 20th Aug. 1809. Joseph Wheaton, Esq.
Dear Sir, Your letter under date 12th inst. I received yesterday. The information you have received relative to my manufacturing cotton goods is very erroneous, for never have I been concerned in manufacturing any kind of goods. The fact is, I am with others now establishing a manufactory for spinning of cotton on an extensive scale for our country, and have already erected for that purpose a mill, of stone, with six floors, forty feet wide, and 211 feet long, competent to drive more than ten thousand spindles, together with all the necessary preparation, and expect it will commence operating in Nov. next. Whether the concern will extend their views to weaving is not concluded. A spirit for manufacturing pervades every description of our citizens, and we have artisans native citizens equal if not superior to the Europeans; more than fifty mills are now erecting in the N. England states for this branch only. No doubt large quantities of different fabrics will soon find their way into your market, as many of the old establishments have been weaving cloths of different kinds for some time past.
My best regards to Mrs. W. and the family, and believe me very respectfully your friend, SETH WHEATON.
Charleston, August 18 1809 SEVENTY-SIX ASSOCIATION.
At a numerous meeting of this Society, held last evening at the Planters' Hotel, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted—
The Members of this Association do pledge themselves to each other, and to the public at large, that, for twelve months from this day, they will not purchase for use, any article of English or French growth, produce, or manufacture, provided such article can be procured of domestic growth, produce, or manufacture, at not more than 15 per cent. above the European prices. And provided, also, that if the differences of the United States with either of those Kingdoms shall be adjusted before the end of twelve months, then this resolution, as to that Kingdom, shall no longer remain obligatory.
Also, Resolved, That at the stated meeting in March next, and every ensuing stated meeting, every Member of this Society shall wear a complete suit of Homespun.
JAMES JERVEY, Secretary.
Boston, Aug. 25. Yesterday arrived in this port the schooner Three Sisters, Capt. Davis, of Princeton, 57 days from Valencia. The captain has favored us with Valencia gazettes to the 27th June. They contain no account of any important event, not already published in our papers. We are informed by capt. D. that in the battle between Gen. Blake, and the French (some time since mentioned), on the attempt of the former upon Sarragossa, the defeat of Blake was complete, and his army lost their guns.
Mr. Jackson must have been some time on his passage to America. A schooner which arrived on Wednesday from Halifax, brought dispatches to be
forwarded to him at Washington.
New York, August 25. ONE DAY LATER FROM ENGLAND.
The arrival of the British Packet Lady Pelham, captain Hervey, from Falmouth via Halifax, has put the editor of the Mercantile Advertiser in possession of Falmouth papers of July 10th, London papers of the 8th, and Lloyd's Lists of the 7th. They furnish no later intelligence from the continent of Europe than we had previously received.
The Governor of Nova Scotia issued his proclamation on the 15th inst. notifying that the order in council, which permitted the importation of certain enumerated articles into the North American British colonies from the U. States until the 25th March, 1809, had ceased; at the same time commanding all ships and vessels owned by the subjects of the U. States of America, in the ports of Halifax or Shelburne, forthwith to depart the same. And all persons are forbidden to import into the said ports any of the articles enumerated in the said orders in council, in any ship or vessel belonging to the subjects of the United States, after the 15th day of September, on pain of forfeiting the vessel and cargo.
He has also published another proclamation, bearing the same date, authorising and empowering British subjects for the space of six months from the date thereof, to import and bring into the Province from the U. States of America, in British built ships or vessels owned and navigated according to law, scantling, planks, staves, heading, boards, shingles, hoops, or squared timber of any sort, horses, neat cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry, or live stock of any sort, bread, biscuit, flour, peas, beans, potatoes, wheat, rice, oats, barley or grain of any sort.
New York, August 26. IMPORTANT—IF TRUE!
[From Messrs. Russell and Culier's Liverpool Correspondent]
LIVERPOOL, July 9 1809.
"LEITH, (Scotland, July 6. The Quail, Lieut. Osborn, has just arrived from Heligoland, which she left on Sunday. The commander reports, that while quitting the harbor a messenger arrived from the seat of war with news of the Austrians having obtained a decisive victory over the French, the 26th June. Two Marshals, 20 Generals, and 40,000 men, killed, wounded, and prisoners. Capt. Malcomb, who left Heligoland 5 hours after the Quail, brings a Proclamation of the Archduke Charles for a Te Deum for the victory."
Captain Rogers, of the ship Clara, from St. Croix, informs us, that he was boarded on his passage by the British brig of war Snap, captain Barclay, who informed him, that about the 2d of August, several British frigates and sloops of war were lost off Guadalupe, in a severe gale of wind.
BULLETIN OF THE IMPERIAL AND ROYAL AUSTRIAN ARMY.
"Wolkersdorf, June 18."
"On the 15th inst. the corps under the command of his imperial and royal highness the archduke John, composed of 20,000 troops of the line, and 16,000 of the Hungarian Insurrection, were in the environs of Raab, vigorously attacked by the French army, estimated at 50,000 men."
"The troops of the line fought the whole day with the greatest success, and the enemy suffered a loss of 2000 men in killed and wounded. But as the right wing, consisting for the most part of the Insurrection, that could not be expected to possess the courage of veteran troops, was no match for the enemy, his imperial and royal highness thought it most proper for the attainment of his object, to fall back to a position near Cormorn, and thereby to secure and facilitate his junction with the main army."
"But this has caused no material change in the positions of the imperial and royal army; and the archduke John praises highly the excellent disposition and patriotic alacrity of the troops of the Hungarian Insurrection."
"The imperial and royal troops suffered in this engagement a loss of 1300 men in killed, wounded and some few prisoners. About 400 Frenchmen were made prisoners by the Austrians. The enemy, so far from pursuing the Austrian troops, has again retreated behind the Raab. Dalmatia is again in the possession of the imperial and royal troops. The enemy has been obliged to abandon Zeng and Fiume, as well as the islands along the Dalmatian coast. General Marmont retreated in such haste that the Austrians made a number of prisoners. In the hospitals, too, the enemy left a number of wounded, among whom are three French generals, and one of them Lanay. Trieste must by this time be delivered from enemies. The English on the one hand and the Turks on the
other, make common cause with the Austrian troops."
"The enemy's corps under general Marmont is reduced to 6000, and is posted at present between Laybach and Klagenfurth. But general count Guilla is again master of the country of Ciley, and immediately communicates with general Chasteler. The Austrian troops have extended themselves from the Southern Tyrol as far as Vienna and Inspruck."
A mail from Gottland arrived to day, which brought the following articles of intelligence:
Extract of a letter dated Carlisle, June 22. "We have received information here by way of Dantzick and Cologne, that the emperor had taken place of Sir Peterborough, that the emperor was declared, and his mother had taken the reins of government for the present; and that Woronzow, and his party had been massed. You must not place much confidence in this information, though it is a thing likely to happen."
"Of the action lately fought in America between the armies of Gen. Blake and Gen. Souche, the following authentic particulars have been communicated: The enemy's force consisted of 8500 men, including 500 cavalry, with three pieces of cannon; the Spanish of 9600, including 600 cavalry, with twenty pieces of cannon. The enemy's loss was considerable. Upwards of 2000 dead were buried, independent of those left dead on the field of battle. In the night of the 24th they retreated. Some accident occasioned an alarm amongst them, and in the confusion they fired upon each other. The road towards S. Pierre was strewed with knapsacks. Blake's army was increased to nearly 20,000; he was expected to enter Sarragossa, and it was supposed that the French would soon retire behind the Ebro."
JULY 8. The following short extract of a letter from Heligoland, is from a gentleman at the head of a respectable and responsible establishment to a public body.
"I have seen the official dispatches of a victory by the Austrians over the French. Thirty thousand of the enemy were killed, and two French marshals were taken prisoners."
Thursday a considerable number of vessels arrived from Holland unexpectedly, with corn and other commodities. The reason assigned for their sudden departure was, the expectation of an embargo being imposed throughout all the ports of that kingdom.
DUTCH DECREES, JUNE 30, 1809.
ART. 1. The list of articles allowed to be imported, by the act of 31st March, shall be extended to the following:—rice, staves, bark and other drugs used in medicine; cotton, Georgia, Louisiana, and Carolina; Java coffee, sugar from our colonies.
ART. 2. Besides certificates of origin, required by our former act, the director of the board of trade shall appoint seven brokers to examine the goods, to ascertain if they are really the produce of our colonies, or the United States. And for the better means of examination, all goods shall be unloaded in the royal stores.
ART. 3. Amount from the date hereof, our director of the board of trade shall report to us if it is advisable to permit the continuation of these measures.
ART. 4. American vessels arriving within three months from the date hereof, and those already in port shall not be subject to the blockade decree, provided the same have not been in England, nor been visited by the enemy. All captains shall make declaration conformable to this article; and in case of prevarication, ship and cargo to be confiscated.
ART. 5. Forasmuch as the cargoes appear to be conformable to our aforementioned articles, the same shall be placed at the disposal of the proprietors or consignees; the sequestered goods to remain in the royal stores, to be disposed of according to law.
A letter from Hull dated on Wednesday says, "A vessel arrived here this morning from Heligoland, brings information that another battle had taken place between the grand armies on the Danube; that Bonaparte commanded in person and was wounded, and that the French army was completely defeated, with the loss of an immense number of men in killed, wounded and prisoners." The captain of the vessel arrived at Hull adds, that this account was implicitly credited at Heligoland on the 2d instant, when he came away. The vessel brought several letters to the same effect from persons in Heligoland to their correspondents in London. They also state that Cuxhaven was occupied by 126 British troops.
Extract of a letter from Amsterdam, dated 4th July, 1809, received by the British Packet.
"The Friendship from New York, and Harmony from Boston, captured by a French privateer, and brought into the Texel, and taken from her by the boats of the Dutch navy of war, who got possession of their papers, have been released by order of the king; the capture being declared illegal. It now depends on the construction of the decree of the 30th June, whether their cargoes can be sold, which is hoped will be permitted."
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN.
That the partnership heretofore existing between the subscribers, Silver Smiths and Clock and Watch Makers, under the firm of Bentley and Wood, was this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons having claims on the concern, are requested to present the same to Wm. Wood for payment; and all persons indebted, are to pay their respective debts to him, he being authorised to close the partnership accounts.
JOS. BENTLEY, W. WOOD. Washington City, Navy Yard, Aug. 30—2aw7c.
NOTICE.
The subscriber has commenced the practice of the law, and opened an office in the town of Upper Marlborough, Prince George's county.
THOS. G. ADDISON. Aug. 30—ep5w.

REPUBLICAN MEETING. The Republican Citizens of Prince George's county are requested to meet at Upper Marlboro, on Tuesday the 5th of September next; to make the necessary arrangements preparatory to the ensuing election. August 23--
POST OFFICE, WASHINGTON. August 25, 1809. LETTERS for his Britannic Majesty's Post Office, Windsor Castle, for Falmouth, Portugal, via Halifax, N. S. will be received at this Office till Monday the 3d of September next, 5 o'clock A. M. N. B. The inland postage to New-York must be paid. Aug. 28--
PUBLIC SALE. On Saturday the 2d day of September next, will be sold at Public Auction at the Washington Bridge, ONE SCOW in complete order and SIX BOATS, several Sheds, a quantity of Tools, Blankets, &c. &c. Terms of sale, cash for all sums under twenty dollars, and notes with good endorsement at 60 days for all sums over this amount. My order of the President and Directors, SAM. ELIOT. August 28.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD. STRAYED or Stolen, about a month since, from the Common in the Western part of this city, A BAY HORSE, six years old, about 14 hands 1 inch high, a natural trotter, short made, shod before, white hind feet, and a few saddle marks. Whoever will return said Horse to the Subscriber near F street, shall be entitled to the above Reward, with reasonable charges. O. B. BROWN. August 21--3t
SCHEME OF THE BALTIMORE COLLEGE GRAND LOTTERY.    HIGHEST PRIZES   TWO of 20,000 DOLLARS, 40,000   THREE of 10,000 DOLLARS, 30,000   Not near two Blank to a Prize. 15,000   VIZ.   2 Prizes of 20,000 is 40,000   3 " 10,000 " " 30,000   3 " 5,000 " " 15,000   2 " 2,500 " " 5,000   2 " 1,000 " " 10,000   10 " 500 " " 7,500   15 " 200 " " 4,000   20 " 100 " " 5,000   50 " 50 " " 5,000   100 " 20 " " 4,000   200 " 15 " " 52,500   3500 " 12 " " 42,000   7405 Prizes.   14595 Blanks.   92,000 Tickets at 10 dollars is 220,000   Discount at 15 per cent, leaves   for the institution and ex-   pences, 33,000   Part of the Capitals will be determined as follows:   First drawn Ticket 500   No. after 1,000 tickets are drawn 500   do. 2,000 do. 500   do. 3,000 do. 500   do. 4,000 do. 500   do. 5,000 do. 500   do. 6,000 do. 500   do. 7,000 do. 500   do. 8,000 do. 500   do. 9,000 do. 500   do. 10,000 do. 500   do. 11,000 do. 1,000   do. 12,000 do. 1,000   do. 13,000 do. 5,000   do. 14,000 do. 1,000   do. 15,000 do. 1,000   do. 16,000 do. 10,000   do. 17,000 do. 1,000   do. 18,000 do. 1,000   do. 19,000 do. 1,000   do. 20,000 do. 1,000   do. 21,000 do. 1,000   Last drawn ticket 1,000 
TICKETS, WOLVES, QUARTETS AND EIGHTHS. FOR SALE AT JOSEPH MILLIGAN'S, GEORGETOWN Distant adventurers by enclosing bank notes post paid shall have the tickets and shares forwarded to any amount with the utmost punctuality, & the earliest information of their success. During the drawing, a correct Check book will be kept for the examination of tickets gratis. Prizes in the late Philadelphia, and New-York Lotteries taken in payment. * Present price of ticket's 10 1-2 dols. but will shortly advance. * A Milligan has now on hand, and constantly keeps for Sale, a large supply of Books and Stationery. School Books, Writing paper and Playing Cards.
LANDS IN THE STATES OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY FOR SALE. BY VIRTUE of the Last Will and Testament of Robert Means, deceased, the subscriber offers for sale, all the Lands of the testator in the States of Ohio & Kentucky. As there is a large quantity of these Lands, and the quality in general good, they are well worth the attention of all persons desirous of purchasing Lands in those parts of the country. The tracts are of various sizes, and consequently calculated to suit purchasers of all descriptions. Further information respecting the said Lands may be obtained from Mr. Walter Dun, residing in, or near the town of Chillicothe in the State of Ohio. DANIEL CALL, Executor of the last Will & Testament of Robert Means dec'd. Richmond, July 19--8t
NOTICE. WAS committed to the gaol of Frederick county, Maryland, on the 4th day of July, inst. a NEGRO MAN who calls himself CHARLES THOMAS, he appears to be about 44 years of age, five feet seven or eight inches high, stout made, his clothing when committed were; a tan linen shirt, and an old patched pair of pantaloons, only one shoe--he has a large scar on his right knee, his back somewhat scarified by the whip; and says he belongs to captain Nathaniel Beall, Montgomery county, Maryland, near Wm. Robinson's Mill, on Rock Creek, in said county. The owner is hereby requested to come and release him, otherwise he will be sold for his prison fees agreeably to law. GEORGE GREAGER, JEN. Sheriff, Fredrick County, Md.
** The Editors of the National Intelligencer at Washington City, Evening Post at Baltimore, and Republican Star at Easton, are requested to insert the above once a week for eight weeks each, and forward their accounts. August 23--w8t.
A GREAT BARGAIN OFFERED FOR fourteen thousand dollars. I will sell seven hundred acres of Rich Land lying in Calvert county, State of Maryland, beautifully situated on the banks of the river Patuxent and Saint Leonard's Creek, within one easy day's sail of the Baltimore market, and four miles from Saint Leonard's Town post-office. This Land has on it a commodious two story brick mansion house, lately erected, of the very best materials, with a dry cellar under the whole house, eight good rooms and a large garret--also, kitchen, corn house, stables, two very large barns and many other out-houses all in good repair, and would divide very handsomely into two farms. The soil is equal to any in the state for the culture of Indian corn, tobacco, wheat and clover, and no farm on the river can boast of more constant running springs of water, or better grazing land--about four hundred acres are the most valuable kind of low grounds on the river, the remainder is wavy high land, very productive, on which stands a plentiful supply of fine red cedar for fencing, oak, hickory and pine for firewood.
The waters here abound in the best of oysters, fish, and wild-fowl--the neighborhood is healthy, genteel and agreeable--I will sell the growing crop on the land, furnish hands, &c. to finish the same--also, a good stock of black cattle, horses, sheep and hogs--and give a long credit on two thirds of the purchase money, the interest to be paid annually--the remaining third part thereof must be cash--possession may be had immediately. HENRY GARDINER. St. Leonard's, Calvert County, July 24--w6
10,000 DOLLARS, MAY BE GAINED FOR 1-2 DOLLARS!! In the Third Class of the Lottery authorized by law for removing obstructions in the RIVER LEHIGH, IN PENNSYLVANIA.    SCHEME.   2 prizes of $10,000 each 20,000   2 " 5,000 " " 10,000   2 " 2,500 " " 5,000   3 " 1,000 " " 3,000   6 " 500 " " 3,000   15 " 200 " " 3,000   30 " 100 " " 3,000   60 " 50 " " 3,000   150 " 20 " " 3,000   300 " 10 " " 3,000   13,800 " 5 " " 69,000   35,630 not 2 1-2 blanks to a prize.   50,000 tickets at 2 1-2 dollars, 125,000 
To draw 500 tickets each day at the State House in Philadelphia, and the prizes to be paid by Thomas Albion, esq. the treasurer of that city, 30 days after the conclusion of the drawing, subject to a deduction of 15 per cent. Prizes not demanded in twelve months after the close of the drawing, to be considered as relinquished to the Lottery. Part of the above prizes determinable as follows: The 1st drawn ticket on the 1st, 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th, 45th, 50th, and 55th, days $200 each. do. on the 60th, 65th, 70th & 75th do. 500 do. do. on the 80th and 85th do. 1000 do. do. 90th do. 2500 do. do. 95th do. 5000 do. do. 100th do. 10000 do. The two $10,000 prizes to receive each in part payment 25 shares of the Lehigh Stock, at 100 dollars each, 10 shares The two 5000 dollars do. 5 do. The two 2500 do. 5 do. Societies, associations, and individuals purchasing not less than 50 tickets will be allowed to pay for them by instalments much to their interest. Letters post paid, and enclosing the cash, will be duly attended to, and prizes of Lotteries in the cities of Philadelphia, and New York, will be received in payment, by GEORGE TAYLOR, Jun. No. 85, South Second street, Philadelphia and JOHN DAVIDSON, Washington city, December 12--wtf
A VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. WILL be sold in pursuance of the 1st Will and Testament of Samuel Turner, Esq., deceased, at Public Sale on the premises on the 15th day of November next (if not previously disposed of, and in case of no sale notice will be given) that very valuable Farm in Montgomery county late the residence of the said deceased; containing about Seven Hundred Acres of Land, Three Hundred Acres at least in wood and fine timber; the residue under good enclosures and every acre arable; lays level and remarkably well for cultivation and may be made very rich in a few years by the use of plaster and clover; in fact, it is as desirable a farm as any in the county of its size and may be very conveniently divided to accommodate purchasers; it lies about 18 miles from Georgetown and the city of Washington, by way from Montgomery court house and within three miles of the Potomac River. A further description is deemed unnecessary, as it is presumed that those inclined to purchase will view the property. The terms of sale, which will be accommodating, may be known by applying to the subscribers living in Georgetown, district of Columbia, or will be made known on the day of sale. THO: TURNER, SAML. TURNER, Executors. July 23--4dos
Superintendent's Office, Washington, 9th August, 1809. WHEREAS the late Commissioners of the city of Washington, on the 24th December 1793, sold or contracted to sell to Robert Morris & Js. Greenleaf, all the then title, interest and estate of the public in the squares following, among others, in the said city, viz. 626, 628, 634, 637, 723, 726, 727, 729, 738, 760, 782, 786, 789, 814, 816, 818, 841, 843, 866, 868, 895, 897, 899, 918, 919, 922, 923, 943, 966, 967, 968, 970, 972, 992, 1014, 1016, 1037, 1039, 1040, 1062, 1074, 1075, and 1076. Which sale was upon the terms and conditions of a certain stipulated price being paid therefor at certain fixed periods of time subsequent to the contract. And whereas in the course of certain transactions between the said James Greenleaf and the said Robert Morris; and a certain John Nicholson (who had acquired an interest in said squares) and between the said James Greenleaf and Mordecai Lewis and Edward Burd, a certain interest, estate and title of the said Greenleaf, Morris and Nicholson, in and to the same squares, became pledged, by way of mortgage, to the payment of certain debts due to the said Lewis and Burd, respectively. And whereas, the Chancellor of the state of Maryland, in a certain suit lately pending in the Chancery Court of that state between the executors of the said Mordecai Lewis and the said Edward Burd complainants, and Robert Morris, the heirs of John Nicholson, the Commissioners of the city of Washington, James Greenleaf, Henry Pratt, Thomas W. Francis, John Miller, jr., John Ashley, Jacob Baker, George Simpson, William Cranch and Thomas Law, defendants, did, among other things, decree, that all the right, title, and interest, which at the time of executing a certain mortgage mentioned in the bill and proceedings filed and had in the suit aforesaid, was in the said Morris and Nicholson, Thomas Law, and the Commissioners of the city of Washington, in and to 295 lots and 3-4ths of a lot, of 5265 square feet each, contained in the squares before enumerated, should be sold, and the proceeds applied to the payment in the first instance, of the debts due as aforesaid, to the said Lewis and Burd, and the residue of the whole proceeds, if any, to the payment of certain other debt or debts in the said decree mentioned. And whereas E. S. Burd, having been duly appointed and qualified, as a trustee, to carry into effect the said sale, did, by deed bearing date the 23d June, 1809, and recorded in the land records of Washington county in the district of Columbia, for the considerations in said deed mentioned, duly convey to Thomas Morris, Samuel Coates, Joseph Morris and Edward Burd, all the right, title and interest of the said Morris and Nicholson, Thomas Law and the Commissioners of the city of Washington, of, in and to the said 295 3-4th lots, as by the said decree was directed. And whereas, at the time of sale or contract for the sale of the before enumerated squares by the commissioners, to Morris and Greenleaf, as herein-before recited, the public interest in the said squares, or in any or either of them, was not then specifically ascertained and known, but was to depend on and be determined by a division thereof, to be thereafter made, between the said commissioners and the original proprietors of the land on which the same were laid out, pursuant to law and certain deeds of trust, which had been executed by the said proprietors and others for all their lands lying within the city of Washington, and such division was accordingly afterwards made, by which it appears that no part or portion of four of the said squares, to wit, Nos. 687, 726, 966 and 1016, was allotted or assigned to the public, and consequently no estate therein was passed to the said Morris and Greenleaf by the commissioners, under or by virtue of the said sale. And whereas there are in the public's part or portion of the aforesaid squares obtained on the division aforesaid, and exclusive of the said Nos. 687, 726, 966 and 1016, 68 lots of 5265 square feet each, over and above the said 295 3-4th lots sold as aforesaid by the said E. Burd, pursuant to the decree aforesaid, and whereas the purchasers and grantees of said 295 3-4th lots hold the same in an undivided interest and possession or tenancy in common with each and every person and persons entitled to the said 68 lots. And whereas the purchase money for the said 68 lots has not been paid & satisfied to the said commissioners or to any other person or persons for the use of the public according to the terms and conditions of the sale, and the same having been due for more than thirty days after it ought to have been paid, and for at least two years prior to the first of May 1802, and being still due and unpaid--by reason whereof and by virtue of the statute of the state of Maryland, entitled "A further supplement to the act concerning the Territory of Columbia and the city of Washington," and of the act of Congress, entitled "An act to abolish the board of commissioners in the city of Washington, and for other purposes," the superintendent appointed in pursuance of the said act of Congress is authorized and required to proceed to sell the said 68 lots. Now this is to give notice that the undersigned, the Superintendent appointed as aforesaid shall and will at 11 o'clock A. M. on Monday the 23d day of October next at 14 Goddard's hotel in the city of Washington after said by reason of the premises and by virtue of the statutes aforesaid, sell to the highest bidder at Public Auction for cash, all the said 68 lots of ground of 5265 square feet each, contained in some or all of the squares above enumerated, except the said four squares Nos. 687, 726, 966 and 1016, the purchaser or purchasers thereof to take and hold the same in an undivided and common possession with the purchasers and grantees of the aforesaid 295 3-4th lots; subject to the possession severed, and due partition made between the several parties according to their respective interests and proportions by consent or in due course of law. THOMAS MUNROE, Sup. August 19--tawts
NEW STORE. THE Subscriber having opened a New store in F street, between the Bank and the Treasury Office, has supplied himself with a variety of the best qualities of Cloths & Blankets suitable for the approaching season, and also of Cutlery, Glassware, Muslins, Silk, Cotton and Worsted Hoses, Moccasins and Leather Shoes, Hats, &c. &c. Where he invites his friends, and the public to make their purchases, and assures them they shall be supplied upon the most reasonable terms. C. sh. flour, corn, oats or whiskey, will be received in payment. JOSEPH WHEATON. Washington City, Aug. 25--8t
By Montgomery county, Orphans Court, August 16, 1809. ORDERED by the court that the executors of Samuel Turner late of Montgomery county, deceased, give the notice required by law for the creditors of the said deceased to exhibit their claims and that the notice be given in the National Intelligencer, city of Washington. Test SOLOMON HOLLAND, Reg.
THIS is to give notice that the Subscribers of Georgetown and District of Columbia, have obtained from the Orphans Court of Montgomery county Maryland, Letters Testamentary on the Personal Estate of Samuel Turner, late of Montgomery county deceased--all persons having claims against the said deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof to the subscribers, at or before the 21st day of February next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under our hands this 21st day of August 1809. THOS. TURNER, } Executors. SAML. TURNER, } August 21--4w
ROMULUS RIGGS, Has just received and opening at his New Cash Store, a complete and well selected assortment of SEASONABLE AND FANCY GOODS, which being purchased for money, gives him the opportunity of offering the same at Baltimore and Philadelphia Prices. As he is determined to sell for very small profits. He intends keeping on hand a good assortment of Goods, to be sold by the piece; and those who purchase to sell again will be furnished at as low rates as they can purchase in any market in the United States, being determined to sell. CASH GIVEN FOR TOBACCO inspected at the Georgetown Warehouse. FOR RENT, THE upper part of the House I now occupy, which has Six well finished Rooms, and every necessary back building, all newly furnished and in complete order--The rent will be low to a genteel family, if application is immediately made. June 9--tf
BANK OF WASHINGTON. THE subscription books will be opened at Long's Hotel on Monday the 4th day of September next, at 10 o'clock, and will continue open for three days from 10 o'clock A. M. to 4 o'clock P. M. unless sooner filled. No person will be allowed to subscribe in the name of another without producing to the commissioners powers authorizing him so to do. THE COMMISSIONERS. Aug. 21--ep45cp
EDUCATION. THE REV. WALTER D. ADDISON of Georgetown, District of Columbia will board and instruct in the Latin and Greek Languages, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, a few more Young Gentlemen, at sixty-five pounds per annum, payable quarterly in advance. Letters addressed to him at this place will be attended to. Georgetown, August 21--2awtf.
PATENT KNAPSACKS.  THE Subscriber having obtained from the United States, a patent for an improved KNAPSACK, which in point of durability and convenience, has been pronounced by the best judges infinitely superior to any hitherto in use. The officers of the different volunteer companies in the United States, are respectfully solicited to adopt them. They may be had in any quantity, and will be sold on the most reasonable terms by JOHN P. LHERBETTE, 81, Maiden Lane, New-York, To whom applications addressed by post may be made, or to B. H. Latrobe, at the city of Washington. May 19--ep4m.
FOR SALE, or to be rented for a term of years, or on perpetual ground-rent. A NUMBER of well built brick houses, several of which are immediately tenable--situate on Greenleaf's point--Also, house lots in almost every part of the city. Apply to JAMES GREENLEAF, or in his absence to SAMUEL ELIOT, junr. July 6--8v
A FARM TO LET. TO let on shares, a Farm containing 61 acres, distant between 2 1-2 and 3 miles from the Centre Market House in this city. The situation very healthy. A person having a knowledge of Gardening and Fruit trees would be preferred. Apply to JAMES HOBAN. August 23--
TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION, AT Northumberland court house, in the county of Northumberland, and state of Virginia, on Tuesday the 5th of September next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, five contiguous plantations, amounting together to about 2,700 acres, situate on the river Potomac, and within about three miles of the court house. These estates formerly belonged to Presley Thornton, Esq. and are the same on which he lived. They have never been seen by either of the subscribers, but it is understood, that about 1700 acres of them are as valuable low grounds as any on the river, and a considerable part thereof of heavy timber. The uplands consist of about 1000 acres, and the whole is well calculated for the production of corn, wheat, tobacco, timothy and small grain of all kinds, in great abundance. The waters are said to abound with excellent fish, oysters and wild fowl. The water carriage is easy and convenient to Norfolk, Baltimore, Alexandria and the city of Washington; and as these estates possess several good mill seats, with an abundance of water and a plentiful supply of timber, they must be very valuable. The premises will be shown to persons inclined to purchase, by col. James Moore, who lives on them, or by Samuel Blackwell, Esq. who lives near to them; and the terms of payment may be known a sufficient time before the sale, by applying to either of them, or to THOMAS ROBINSON, Near Chester, Delaware. or to W. LEWIS, at Phila. June 7--tds.
The subscriber offers for sale that elegant and valuable estate, called WILDO, lying nine miles below Richmond. The dwelling house is not inferior to any in the state; the offices are commodious; the garden and yard are handsomely laid out. The situation combines many advantages, that I am unwilling to give a description of it, wishing any gentleman who is disposed of purchase, to come and view it. It may not be amiss however to observe, that a river runs 100 yards from the door of the house, that vessels of five hundred hogsheads have loaded at Warwick, one mile above it, that the water carriage to Richmond is only six miles, that there is a good shed and hering fishery, and that wild fowl are frequently prepared. A small Grist Mill is attached to it on a stream that runs through the plantation. August 21--
2000 ACRES OF LAND. Lying on Fighting Creek, Powhatan county, two miles from the Court House, which will be divided into two or more lots to suit purchasers. This land is well watered and calculated for the culture of wheat, corn and tobacco. For terms apply to the subscriber residing in Richmond, or William Berkeley, in Powhatan. WILLIAM RANDOLPH. Richmond, June 23--w3m.
EIGHTY DOLLARS REWARD. RUNAWAY from the subscriber on the 5th inst. a mulatto lad--JIM--who is about seventeen years of age, has a short black hair, lately cut, and black eyes. He had on when he absconded from me, a short blue kersey jacket and blue pantaloons patched with white, a large pair of laced shoes, an old hat, osnaburg shirt, with an old handkerchief round his neck--he has a father living in the city of Washington, near the navy yard, by the name of George, or George Beall, who served his time with Mr. John Addison, Jun. and a mother by the name of Sophy, who I sold to her husband a few years past, and expect he will make to them or probably to Baltimore as he has some friends and relations there also. I will give forty dollars for securing said lad in jail so that I get him again, or the above reward if taken out of the district of Columbia or state of Maryland. RACHEL PRATT, Prince George's County, June 18th, 1809. June 19--3t&wtf.
COMMERCIAL COMPANY. In store, ordnance from on board the Ceres, capt. Weeks, and for sale on the usual terms. MUSCOVADO Sugar, Rum, Gin, Cogniac Brandy, Coffee, Imperial, Hyson & Y Hyson Tea, Almonds, Nutmegs, Cloves, Mace, Cinnamon, Pepper, Ginger, Spermaceti and Tallow Candles, Soap, Fig Blue--Mess and Prime Pork, Corks, Sheet Iron, Tin, and a few boxes of Pipes--Gunpowder and shot. Also, Madeira, Marseilles, Lisbon, Sherry, Catalonia & Claret Wine. JOSEPH FORREST, Prest. Aug. 11--cop3w.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. ABSCONDED on the 21st of July last, from the subscriber, (manager at the farm of Mr. Isaac Duclot, on South river, near Annapolis) Negro TOM, a small black fellow, lost the sight of one eye. Had on when he absconded, osnaburg shirt and trousers. Any person taking up said Negro and bringing him to the subscriber, or securing him in jail, so that I get him again, shall receive the above reward. This Negro was purchased of Capt. J. S. Brooks about five years since; it is probable he may be in the neighborhood of Upper Marlborough. HENRY BASFORD. August 7--tf
CHARLES J. NOURSE Offers for sale--Chateaux Margaux Claret in boxes of 1 dozen. Genuine Old London Particular wine in half pipes and quarter casks. Best Sallad Oil in baskets of 6 bottles each, &c. &c. &c. George Town, May 24--tf.
NOTICE. WILL be sold on Wednesday the 30th inst. at the dwelling house of Mr. John Dempsey, near the Navy Yard, a quantity of Household and Kitchen furniture, comprising mahogany chairs, tables, &c. also a nine plated stove, &c. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock in the forenoon--Terms, all sums under $20 cash--all above $20 notes at 60 days, with good endorsers. ELIZABETH DEMPSEY, Executrix. N. L. & H. M. QUEEN, Auctioneers. Aug. 25--3t.
NOTICE. THE Citizens of Washington who have neglected to procure FIRE BUCKETS agreeably to an act of the Corporation, passed 10th January, 1803, are requested to procure their complement of Fire Buckets complete, on or before the 15th day of September next; viz. one bucket to contain at least two & one half gallons, for each story; the buckets not to be made use of for any other purpose, and to be placed in some conspicuous part of their dwellings, ware or store houses, under the penalty prescribed by law. By order of the Mayor, JOHN C. SHINDLE, Inspector. August 25--3t
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT the subscriber of Washington county district of Columbia, hath obtained from the Orphans Court of the county and district aforesaid, Letters of Administration on the Personal Estate of Edward L. Smith, late of said county deceased. All persons having claims against the estate of said deceased, are hereby desired to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof to the subscriber on or before the first day of February next; and all persons indebted to the said estate are requested to make immediate payment to the subscriber. Given under my hand this 28th day of July 1809. MARARET SMITH, Adm'r. of E. L. Smith, deceased. August 2--w4t
BANK OF THE PRODUCE, HAVE just received a large supply of FASONABLE GOODS, which they will sell very low for cash, or good paper at six months. August 16--2aw3w.